> > So assuming you want to stay in the > > industry, what do you do about it? > > > > 1. You could go completely independent. > > 2. You could get together with a number of others and form a contracting firm. > > > > So to put this on topic: > > How do you apply XP to either of those alternatives?
> > John Roth > Also the "Union of Programmers" would not give up the rights to any program created and you could simply call the union when you get a gig and ask for a pair? > > Just a dream, I know that can't work in reality. > > Stede Somebody said "If you really want, it will not be a dream". I see a possible convergence of ideas here that may be worth exploring. The end result may be different than the original offerings, and yet work well. Victor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stede Troisi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 4:21 PM Subject: Re: [XP] [OT] Money is Nice > > > Can I ask how going completely independent will help? > > I am completely independent and although work hasn't > slowed for me yet (salary either) I am just an > employee like everyone else. > > A contracting firm sounds interesting. What about a > union were we only do programs and sell them to > companies as a company. No custom program can be built > without going through this "Union of Programmers." > Also the "Union of Programmers" would not give up the > rights to any program created and you could simply > call the union when you get a gig and ask for a pair? > > Just a dream, I know that can't work in reality. > > Stede > > > --- jhrothjr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], William > > Pietri > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > Also, this is pretty far from the topic of this > > group. Although I'm > > > personally interested, I don't think a large > > portion of the 5000 > > > subscribers of this list also feel that way. If > > you (or others) would > > > like to discuss international trade theory, I > > think it would be better > > > if we found another forum for it. > > > > > > William > > > > So let's see if we can bring this back > > toward something that is arguably on > > topic. > > > > Let's assume that for some indefinite > > but fairly long amount of time there > > won't be enough jobs in the US with > > large corps that have sane management > > policies for either the demand for > > programming services, or for the programmers > > that could supply that demand. > > > > So assuming you want to stay in the > > industry, what do you do about it? > > > > 1. You could go completely independent. > > > > 2. You could get together with a number > > of others and form a contracting firm. > > > > So to put this on topic: > > > > How do you apply XP to either of those > > alternatives? > > > > John Roth > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Post a message, send it to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ad-free courtesy of objectmentor.com > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/ > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. > www.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > To Post a message, send it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ad-free courtesy of objectmentor.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > To Post a message, send it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ad-free courtesy of objectmentor.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
