[Info-vax] Contract Opportunity: VMS Developer

Scott Dorsey kludge at panix.com
Sun Apr 21 10:09:58 EDT 2019


seasoned_geek  <roland at logikalsolutions.com> wrote:
>On Sunday, April 14, 2019 at 7:28:38 PM UTC-5, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> You hire a consultant because you have a short-term need for an expert.  =
>If
>> you are hiring a consultant for any other reason, you're wasting money.
>
>While I can agree with the sentiment, the reality is the vast majority of c=
>onsultants, especially through the visa worker shops, are, at best, contrac=
>t coders. They can write a bit of code in one or more languages and it some=
>times produces output which is useful. They have no architect or design ski=
>lls.

If you call a tail a leg, a dog still has four legs.  Calling it a leg does
not make it one.
--scott


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