My company works with the local colleges. We take in Comp-Sci students and
teach them web based programming using CF .. something they can't get in
college. They spend about 10 hours a week working for us for free (plus
college credit, where they can get it). As a result, I take 15 hours a week
out of my busy schedule to teach the interns the ropes. This gives them a
good level of exposure to web programming that they couldn't get any other
way.
We aren't getting something for nothing here, though. Training these
interns really does slow down the development of any projects we are
working on, since we are using these projects as a good way to expose these
students to the full SDLC of web programming. We are pacing these projects
based upon the schedules of these 'newbies', as you all call them.
Our company is giving these new CF developers a ton of experience that they
would not get any other way! When they reach a certain level of experience,
we try to hire the most successful(s) of the group. This truly does provide
a win/win situation for everyone. We get Jr. CF developers trained the way
we want them, and they get a job even before they finish school and usually
college credit.
I would encourage other companies, especially those more advantaged than
ours, to follow suit. It is truly a worthwhile investment. Even if you get
nothing out of it directly, you are doing a wonderful service to the CF/web
development community as a whole. Just, please, do it for them, and not for
yourselves ...
Todd Ashworth
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffry Houser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Jobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 7:07 PM
Subject: Why work for free?
>
> 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)
>
> --
> Jeff Houser
> AIM: Reboog711 | ICQ: 5246969 | Phone: 860-229-2781
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