Interesting. Well I wouldn't have enough cocoon knowledge quite yet to do a contract in it. Perhaps in a couple more months of study. I'm getting decidedly sick of working for pennies for some stupid company more interested in politics than product. I'm seriously considering branching out into contracting when my book hits the market.
-- Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Aston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 1:33 AM Subject: RE: Cocoon Job opps in Frankfurt, Germany > These roles come up on jobserve.com, a UK based service for recruitment > agencies. I just have a savedsearch that emails me if Cocoon comes up as a > keyword in each day's listings. If you follow the link below then you will > note that all the agencies are UK based. It is possible the client is using > agencies based in other European countries but Jobserve only really covers > the UK and Australia based agencies. Of course many of the UK agencies have > international sections, plus seeing as the role is in Frankfurt there is a > good chance that the client may be an international org in the financial > sector and thus might use UK based agencies by default. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robert Simmons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 28 January 2003 21:17 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Cocoon Job opps in Frankfurt, Germany > > > > > > Strange that I did a search on gulp.de and monster.de for Cocoon > > and came up > > empty. Where are you guys hearing about these contracts? > > > > -- Robert > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jeremy Aston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 3:32 PM > > Subject: RE: Cocoon Job opps in Frankfurt, Germany > > > > > > > The UK rate has dropped significantly. You are really looking > > at something > > > like £35-£40 per hour (as opposed to £60-£70 ph in the past couple of > > years. > > > $500ph is v. reasonable. > > > > > > At the end of the day these angencies never put a rate since > > they want to > > > get as good a person as cheap as possible! > > > > > > jez > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Niclas Hedhman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: 28 January 2003 05:13 > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Re: Cocoon Job opps in Frankfurt, Germany > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday 28 January 2003 09:20, Jeremy Aston wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > I keep seeing ads for contractors based in Frankfurt on a > > UK based job > > > > > site... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.it.jobserve.com/jobserve/searchresults.asp?jobType=*&d= > > > 5&order=R > > > >a nk&page=1&q=cocoon > > > > > > They almost all list "Rate: Market". What is that roughly? Just curious > > what > > > it pays to be "employed" nowadays in this kind of field... > > > > > > Anyone willing to reveal? > > > > > > Me? I live in the "low cost" country so I charge only(?) around $500 per > > > day, > > > as consultant. > > > > > > Niclas > > > > > > > I have tried to get in there as a UK based person (and Cocooon book > > > > co-author) but the company are 100% set on having an on site > > person and > > no > > > > remote workers/software houses/cooperatives. I can't move to > > Germany so > > > am > > > > out of the picture - bah! These people have advertised > > reguarly over the > > > > past 4-6 months so the work must be ongoing. > > > > > > > > If anyone does get in there and find they can put in a word for remote > > > > workers (I will go to a couple of times a month for a couple of days) > > then > > > > I'm here! > > > > > > > > rgds > > > > > > > > Jeremy > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Please check that your question has not already been answered in the > > > FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > > > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > > > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Please check that your question has not already been answered in the > > > FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Please check that your question has not already been answered in the > > FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please check that your question has not already been answered in the > FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
