Quite frankly, I can't think of very few reasons to work for free, whether
you are a junior developer or a senior developer or someone completely new to
Cold Fusion. Any company worth working for will be willing to hire someone
and train them. There are plenty of opportunities for those people that
aren't senior developers. I get contacted more about junior level developer
positions than I do about senior level developer positions.
The thought that a business would try to do sucker some inexperienced
developer into doing work under the guise of 'good experience' just
sickens me, and doesn't make me want to work with that business. If you
want to do work to get your feet wet, I would suggest getting involved in
your local CFUG, or looking up some non-profit organizations in your area.
There is an organization in Connecticut called CONNcept (www.conncept.com)
which is a networking group for musicians, radio DJ's, club owners, etc..
I've done some work on the web site. Yes, it was free work, but we're
talking about an organization that runs entirely on volunteers. The
contacts I made (for both my music career and my programming career)
cannot be beat.
However, if anyone wants to work for free. I'll be more than happy to
sub-contract work out to you. I'm still going to charge my clients $250
an hour, though. (<-- note the dripping sarcasm)
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Jeff Houser
AIM: Reboog711 | ICQ: 5246969 | Phone: 860-229-2781
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DotComIt, LLC
Computer Consultant specializing in database driven web data
Lotus Notes/Domino, Cold Fusion
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Half of the Alternative Folk Acoustic Duo called Far Cry Fly
http://www.farcryfly.com
http://www.mp3.com/FarCryFly
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Does Everyone Think I'm a Cynical?
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