Companies want local people because their management can't get it through their heads that working remotely can be productive. These companies have to be able to "keep tabs" on what their people are doing. They don't believe in giving people the freedom to do what needs to be done, "as long as the work gets done on time."
I recently worked remotely for a company in San Diego while I was in Montana. I was there for seven months, the pay rate was extremely low (but there is NO CF work in Montana -- and how I ended up there is another story entirely), and then after seven months they inform me that they're cutting their remote developers to outsource them to CHINA because for what (little) they were paying me, they could have a TEAM of people. Talk about cutthroat. It nearly left my wife and I stranded up there; we pulled out all the stops, spent every last dime we had, and moved back to Reno (where my wife's family is) because at least there is work here, though not necessarily CF work. Since then I've picked up one remote gig out of the east coast that is part-time, and a local one working with a design firm that needed a programmer. It's still not as much work as I'd like, but at least it's work. CF work is definitely scarce. I want to get into Java and some other technologies, but haven't really figured out how to make the move yet. Rob ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3209 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
