Joe, Let me add a few things to your list.
I am not interested in consulting anymore, but when I was I learned quickly to avoid talking to people who weren’t either 1) a BMC partner, or 2) a large well-known consulting firm. If the company name seemed to be a list of random generic I.T. buzzwords (e.g. Technical ITIL Consulting Cloud Solutions), it’s probably a sign that you aren’t going to get a decent rate. Also, keep in mind that most companies these days have strict requirements for what vendors they do business with, which seems to have made the problem worse. You have a client that is only willing to bring in consultants from a few large consulting firms that are preferred vendors. Those large companies don’t specialize in Remedy, so they never have anyone available, nor do they wish to spend the time and money looking for someone. The result is that they simply pass it on to smaller consulting companies, who do the work of finding the right consultant for the job. Sometimes another layer is added, especially if there are visa issues involved, and when a consultant is hired you end up with probably around 15% of the rate going to each of those layers. I’m fortunate that while my current employer has a rigorous set of demands, there is a process to bring in a consultant from a company that we haven’t done business with before, and while strenuous, it is possible. Many companies don’t offer that flexibility. Thanks, Shawn Pierson Remedy Developer | Southern Union From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Joe Martin D'Souza Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 12:51 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: OT Remedy Developer in Washington DC ** I am not surprised. Sometimes its kind of ridiculous to see where all those consulting dollars are lost.. Mainly to middle men who practically do nothing other than spend time online and other networking resources to connect people – an exercise which in this day and age can be easily done reducing the cost of consulting by removing out the middle men.. I’m just saying – not philosophizing that it’s the best way to go about consulting, but it does sound like a more practical way – especially when you are talking about very niche market segments such as the industry we are in.. We practically know all of our peers.. Do we ‘really’ need that service of making those connections by way of vendors? But then again I guess everyone needs their jobs or what they were used to doing.. Joe From: Sanford, Claire<mailto:claire.sanf...@memorialhermann.org> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 1:42 PM Newsgroups: public.remedy.arsystem.general To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG<mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG> Subject: OT Remedy Developer in Washington DC ** We have had quotes as high as 3500 per day for a consultant. Also paid as low as 1700. Believe me, you don’t always get what you pay for… sometimes you get much MORE and sometimes much LESS. From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG]<mailto:[mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG]> On Behalf Of Joe Martin D'Souza Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 12:41 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG<mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG> Subject: Re: Remedy Developer in Washington DC ** I won’t be surprised if that’s what BMC charges its customers per consultant deployed at sites.. From: Louise Van Hine<mailto:lvanh...@yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 1:14 PM Newsgroups: public.remedy.arsystem.general To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG<mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG> Subject: Re: OT: JOB: Remedy Developer in Washington DC ** $300! do I hear 300! ________________________________ From: Tauf Chowdhury <taufc...@gmail.com<mailto:taufc...@gmail.com>> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG<mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 12:34 PM Subject: OT: JOB: Remedy Developer in Washington DC ** It's 200-250 an hr. RIGHT??? Sent from my iPhone On Feb 24, 2012, at 12:26 PM, Joe Martin D'Souza <jdso...@shyle.net<mailto:jdso...@shyle.net>> wrote: ** Its not even 90 - 100/hr :-) From: bob lind<mailto:lindinmos...@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 8:49 AM Newsgroups: public.remedy.arsystem.general To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG<mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG> Subject: JOB: Remedy Developer in Washington DC ** Please email all inquiries to ka...@klslconsulting.com<mailto:ka...@klslconsulting.com> 284294 - Remedy Developer 7 month contract position closes 3/2 Remedy Developer will serve as one of several technical resources for the District's Remedy 7.6.04 implementation project. The candidate will work under the supervision of a Program Manager to upgrade all of the District's Remedy Services, including custom applications built using the Remedy ARS platforms. Experience in BMC Remedy AR System & ITSM suite of applications. Should be capable of building any workflow applications from scratch using BMC Remedy AR System. Should be able to install, configure, design,customize / code, deploy, debug BMC AR System and ITSM applications of SRM, Service Desk (Incident), Change Management, Asset Management, Atrium CMDB, Service Level Management, Remedy BMC Analytics and Dashboards. Should have a strong knowledge in all the components (Mid-Tier, Approval Server, Email Engine etc.). Should have a strong knowledge on integrating BMC Remedy AR System with other tools. Roles and Responsibilities: Perform IT Service Management (ITSM) systems and process analysis, business process engineering improvements; IT Incident/Problem Management, Change and Asset Management, focusing on ITIL Version 3 Framework and processes. Perform ITSM application and software programming and development tasks; systems analysis and design tasks; application and software maintenance. Perform all phases of System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) tasks from design through deployment; applications and systems troubleshooting, performance monitoring, and security tasks. Perform ITSM application and software database administration and maintenance tasks; complex database environment tasks; programming and development tasks. Perform ITSM Configuration Management Database (CMDB) administration, maintenance and upgrades; SQL database development; reporting and maintenance tasks Plan, design, implement and support ITIL-ITSM Incident/Problem Management, Change Management and Asset Management Software; successfully implementing Remedy or other ITSM Software: Incident/Problem (Service Desk), Change Management and Asset Management modules; ITSM data analysis, best practices and Foundation Data loading into ITIL CMDB; developing large scale multi-phase Remedy development and implementation plans. Strong communication skills is highly desired. Required Experience: BMC Remedy AR System & Development (Required 8 Years) BMC Remedy ITSM Suite of Applications Configuration (Required 5 Years) BMC Atrium CMDB Configuration (Required 4 Years) Knowledge in SQL databases (Required 3 Years) Experience deploying Remedy Software in a VM-Ware environment (Required 3 Years) Integration of system monitoring tools w/ Remedy (Required 5 Years) Knowledge of basic Java Development and Maintenance (Highly desired) Integration of Avaya ACD w/ Remedy (Nice to have) ITIL Foundation Certification either v2 or v3 is not required, but is desired. 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