On Mon, 28 May 2001, Jeffry Smith wrote:
> Benjamin Scott opined:
> >On 27 May 2001, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote:
>
> >> Indeed, but it is entirely possible that one company will subcontract
> for
> >> Ah, you have illustrated my point nicely. Thank you ;-). Why hire
> >> Linux-specific company when you can hire a "GC" like Taos, Modis,
> >> Collective Technologies, etc.
> >
> > My point was that many of *those* companies will look to outside companies
> >for their own specialized needs, just like the GC hires other companies.
> >
> > Such support/administration companies are often more like a network of
> >consultants than a single company, anyway. :-)
>
> YES! Sorry for the shouting, but I come from the Government space. Many
> IT contracts in gov't space that I have seen have what is called a Prime
> Contractor. This is the company that contracts with the Government & does
> all the paperwork. You'd be amazed at the number of these that do NOTHING
> ELSE. ALL the work is subcontracted. Their expertise? Being the
> prime/dealing with the government (and, in some cases, being the
> minority/small business to get the contract).
>
> BTW: You know Perot Systems, EDS, Andersen Consulting (Sorry -
> Accenture), etc? Guess what? Most of them subcontract the majority of
> the real work. None of them does their own apps or OS's. They may be
> able to handle basic admin work, but when it comes to bug-fixes or HW
> repair, they contract.
Not structly true with EDS anyway. Those "contractors" are usually EDS
employees too. EDS gets a customer, puts people on the account and then
recruits technical folk from the so called "resource centres" (and yes, they
spell it that way, makes 'em feel *international*). Not all customers need a C
programmer all the time, but all the time some customers do. That's what I do.
I get put on projects that usually last 6 months to a year and get renewed or
not. In between I'm "on the bench". My internal resume is just a list of
things I can do with a check box for whether I've ever actually done it.
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