Re: Frustration

2000-11-14 Thread Jon Hall
See if the other developer needs help (he probably does). If he does, drop the old guys like a ton of bricks, because they are screwing you and they DO know it. Dont fool yourself. A month after you quit and the old guys need some work done...guess who come to their rescue at much higher rates? ;-

Re: Frustration

2000-11-14 Thread Sharon DiOrio
Jumping in a little late here. Before you have your meeting, you need to think about what you want. More money? More control? Better hours? etc. Non-profits have a lot to offer an employee. Money is not usually part of the package though. But perhaps there are other things they can do to s

Re: Frustration

2000-11-14 Thread Michael Smith
--89ED7DA364564F7043D15552 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I would suggest two things. First make be honest with your boss - tell him/her what you like about the position, what you don't like and give some constructive suggestions for chan

Re: Thanks!

2000-11-14 Thread Tom Horn
> > Funny, I just got an e-mail from a recruiter about an $85K/yr USD > position. Print it out and bring it to the meeting with you Tom Horn Sunny Valley, Oregon -- To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusio

Thanks!

2000-11-14 Thread Guy J. McDowell
Thanks Mark and Tom for your guidance. I have a meeting this afternoon with the principles involved in our web presence program, so I will broach these topics then with your wisdom in mind. Funny, I just got an e-mail from a recruiter about an $85K/yr USD position. Yours In Conservation, Gu

Re: Frustration

2000-11-14 Thread mark_wimer
Guy, I have worked for relatively small non-profits and the like for over 12 years, and so I thought I'd respond. (To put my answer in perspective, only the last 6 years have been in technology (database, gis, and web) employment - prior to that it was pure biology, and I have an MS degree. ) Fi

Re: Frustration

2000-11-14 Thread Tom Horn
these people are > shooting themselves in the foot as there is only one other CF > developer in the area that can do what I can do and he charges $95 > CDN/hr to do it (I get $10). How do I let them know that without > sounding arrogant? I'm doing some work for a nonprofit (but for better mon

Frustration

2000-11-14 Thread Guy J. McDowell
Hi CF_Folks, I'd like to think my problems were youth and naïveté, but I'm 29 and spent 5 years in the military, 3 in university and 2 in college. I'm really frustrated as a developing CF developer. I'm working for a non-profit organization so I am getting peanuts (I'm talking burger flipper wag

Waaaaaaay OT, but funny

2000-11-14 Thread Philip Arnold - ASP
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