Maybe trust wasn't the best choice of word. Maybe I mean not just "trustworthy" but knowing how they tick, their strengths and weaknesses and what kind of results you will expect from them - combined with the kind of work your team (or lack of) does. My former employers knew they could throw certain kinds of problems at me and I would come up with a solution. Or in other cases, would put me in touch with a team in a random time zone who were having issues and I could help them out.
But I agree, there seems to be a big "risk" difference between full- time and short-term freelance. CC On Sep 9, 9:58 am, Michael Neale <michael.ne...@gmail.com> wrote: > yeah trust is essential. But then, if you can't trust them, having > them in an office for regular hours helps how? Oh right, that is why > everyone fails... > > People ask me this a lot, but I don't have an answer. The most > reliable one (which is not what I do) is essentually freelance of > short term things and say no to 95% of things. I know quite a few > people that do this and do very well (I don't freelance). > > As for offices - I like offices, they are fun. You get to talk to > people, eat food and sit around etc.. some of them are quite nice. > Just impossible to get any work done if your job requires thought or > understanding. > > On Sep 9, 8:51 am, Christian Catchpole <christ...@catchpole.net> > wrote: > > > All my previous tele work has come out of the trust, love and/or > > respect of people I have formally worked with in the trenches. I > > moved to Sydney from Brisbane and then worked in various parts of the > > states. I wouldn't expect any (sane) employer to offer tele work (of > > any significant importance) without this kind of trust. It could come > > via a recommendation maybe - but the trust has to come from > > somewhere. Anyway, I have realised that my former remote gigs were > > gold. It's a shame it had to end. I'v been looking for a way back in > > (um.. er, not to go out), not because i especially want to work from > > home, but because the Brisbane "industry" is backwards and naive.. did > > I type that or just think it?. > > > Christian > > @catchpolenet -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
