Again, everything I say below assumes that the goal is to consult, not to have permanent (as they call it) work.
On Thu, May 17, 2007 11:23 am, Christian Seberino wrote: > > On Thu, May 17, 2007 9:09 am, Lan Barnes wrote: > >> Did CVS consulting. Usual rate. Not bad (except the CVS part ;) > > Yes but did you have enough demand to continuously go from job > to job full time? > > >>> On the other hand, some areas seem to be screaming for consultants >>> like: >>> >>> embedded programming >> >> Not so much -- see below > > Ouch you're breaking my heart! > > >>> sysadmining >> >> On a temp basis I would imagine. Or rent-to-own. But they're gonna want >> a >> full time sysadmin eventually. And if they're too cheap to keep a good >> one, you don't want to work there anyway. > > Sysadmining is like selling clothes in that people will ALWAYS need them > in our lifetimes. > > >> I know lots of embedded programmers. They tend not to be consultants, >> but >> rather to be long-term full-time employees with lots of security. Here's >> why. An embedded programmer, much more than an apps programmer, learns >> the >> company's HW. Also, sometimes if the CPU isn't 80x86, the specialized >> instruction set. So embedded programmers take more time to get in the >> stream of things, are recognized as more valuable once trained, and are >> less likely to hop around (although good ones can get a position >> easily). > > > Yes but you also know embedded consultants too right? And, not all shops > use custom chips right? > > >> The skills to go after would be things like C#, Java, web-based front >> ends, Oracle DBA for new projects (design), or customizing any ERP like >> SAP. Be willing to travel and work on site for one month to a year. Be > > These are all "normal" programming skills. None of it is specific to > embedded. I assumed many (most) embedded junkies did C and assembly all > day. > > chris > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
