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From: porter@venus.net.com (Pat Porter)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract,misc.jobs.offered,ba.jobs.offered
Subject: Re: ASIC Engineers, SF Bay Area (Broker)
Date: 13 Aug 92 22:45:59 GMT
Followup-To: misc.jobs.contract
Distribution: usa
Organization: Network Equipment Technologies, Redwood City

Network Equipment Technologies in Redwood City, CA. a
manufacturer of T1/E1/T3 WAN Multiplexers is seeking the
following:

Title: Software Test Engineer          

Dept: Engineering Software Test

Job Type: Engineering

Needed: September 92

Location: Redwood City, CA.            

Job Description: Conduct system level software testing using
automated software test scripts, write test plans and test 
design specifications.

Education/Experience/Skills required: BS Degree or
equivalent.  Minimum of five years doing functional system
testing of software products.  Concepts of networking and
voice and/or data communications.  Automated software 
testing.

Education/Experience/Skills preferred: Previous experience
with T1, voice and/or data communications test equipment.  
Programming of ATE in a UNIX environment desired.  Knowledge
or experience with PERL.

Please send resumes to:

Patrick Porter
Software Test Manager
NET
800 Saginaw Dr.
Redwood City, CA. 94063
MS: 26.4
 
FAX: 415-366-5675

Electronic resumes in ASCII text or FrameMaker MIF to:

porter@net.com

Please do not reply to this account.
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
From: jeffrey@algor2.algorists.com (Jeffrey Kegler)
Subject: Re: Medical deductions under 125C
Reply-To: jeffrey@algor2.algorists.com (Jeffrey Kegler)
Organization: Algorists, Inc.
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 23:27:02 GMT

In article <1992Aug12.170720.18973@redbrick.com> jfr@redbrick.com (Jon Rosen) writes:
>In article <1992Aug12.044415.22979@algor2.algorists.com> jeffrey@algor2.algorists.com (Jeffrey Kegler) writes:
>>Initially, the agency had insisted that I have 30% of my compensation
>>deducted until the ruling came.  Actually, initially, they said
>>nothing, and then when we had settled all details and I was all ready
>>to go, they asked me to their office, gave me a piece of paper
>>authorizing the 30% deduction, and said sign or no gig.  I didn't
>>sign, and refused to make a second trip to their office, so they wound
>>up bringing the papers to me some days later, minus the 30% deduction,
>>but still with the requirement to apply to the IRS for a ruling.  Of
>>course, since the ruling never came, I assume the agency would be
>>holding my 30% to this day.
>>
>  I sympathize with your story and agree that the IRS can be a 
>  total pain in the @ss to deal with.  The only point I want to
>  make is that your last sentence is misleading.  The IRS would
>  NOT be "holding" your 30% to this day [ ... ]

My last sentence must have been very misleading.  The "agency"
referred to in it was the headhunter, not the IRS.  That is, the
headhunter wanted to hold the money, until I got an IRS ruling.  I
think you'll agree with me that my prospects of getting the money back
from the headhunter under these conditions would be very poor.

And remember, war stories from the net are NOT the place to get your
tax advice.  Hire a tax pro, and consult him.



-- 
Jeffrey Kegler, Independent UNIX Consultant, Algorists, Inc.
jeffrey@algor2.ALGORISTS.COM or uunet!algor2!jeffrey
137 E Fremont AVE #122, Sunnyvale CA 94087
"It is more often our modern poets who are dealing with stale
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
From: barr@silver.NNTP (J. Hunter Barr)
Subject: C Programmers needed
Organization: /usr/guests/barr/.organization
Distribution: misc
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 16:12:45 GMT

A consulting and solutions enabler firm that helps organizations to
design, build, and and implement networked information systems has two
positions open for C Programmers.  Candidates must have the following:

    Strong C programming kills (3-6 yrs.)

    Familiarity with Microsoft SQL server

    OS2 a plus

    LU6.2 (for *one* position only)

Additional openings for M204 User Language Programmers with file
systems management, PC Networks, or database management.

Call (617) 661-9790 x573
or email BARR@SILVER.LCS.MIT.EDU
--
                                ______
                                HUNTER
From: bdugan@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Bill Dugan)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract,rec.chess.games
Subject: Chess master wanted
Date: 12 Aug 92 17:56:49 GMT
Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science

Chess fanatic wanted for role in developing new computer chess game.
Need master level player or above with documentation.  Looking for
someone who will work 20 hours per week or more.  Pay is negotiable.
Computer skills needed as well: No programming is needed, but you will
need to be able to use a text editor and learn some formats for
entering data.
 
Please email bdugan@gnu.ai.mit.edu or fax to 714-549-5075 or write
to
 
Bill Dugan
Interplay Productions
3710 S. Susan, Suite 100
Santa Ana, CA 92704

You will get a chance to use your chess knowledge and analysis in a work
that thousands and thousands of people will appreciate, and get paid for
it as well.
-- 
Bill Dugan
bdugan@gnu.ai.mit.edu
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract,misc.jobs.resumes
From: kdrolt@athena.mit.edu (Kenneth D Rolt)
Subject:   Proposal Consultant/Editor for Sci-Tech, DoD and related groups
Keywords: proposals  consulting  editing  writing  DoD
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 03:49:35 GMT


**** N.B. please reply directly to G.H. Rolt by phone ****


  	GEORGE H. ROLT				30 Fletcher St.
						Foxboro, MA 02035
  	Sound Advice				(508) 543-4235
     -------------------------------------------------------------

	Proposal Consultant.  Sci-tech layout, writing, editing.

	* 18+ years proposal experience, 13 full-time, last 8 as
	  principally as a proposal consultant for Raytheon, as well
	  as on-loan to GE and Analog Devices for joint proposals.

	* Customer base as prime offerer includes:

		U.S.A.F.:  BMO, Space Div., ESD, RADC, WADC, Eglin
			    and Holloman AFBs.
		U.S.N.:    SSPO, PMS-396, NSWC.
		U.S. Army: SDC, SDIO, Ft. Monmouth.
		and other agencies including NSA and NASA.

	* Size: Consultant on proposal having value over $100M, with $1M
	  proposal budget;  document consisted of ten 250-page volumes.

	* Performance: During last two years as proposal consultant, 4
	  winners out of 5 submitted, with total value won > $25M.

	* 32 years experience in proposals, EE, software, and hardware
	  engineering for Raytheon.

	* Prior employment: Rand, Hughes, USAF Cambridge Research Lab.

	* Various clearances.

	* Education:  MSEE, MBA, BSEE, @ Northeastern University, Boston.
		      Grad-level studies in math and engr. @ UCLA.

				---------


	George H. Rolt		(508) 543-4235

	Sound Advice
	30 Fletcher Street
	Foxboro, MA  02035





Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract,misc.jobs.misc,misc.jobs.offered
From: davids@gardener.lanl.gov (David Simmons)
Subject: Re: Chance of a life time #3...last time
Originator: davids@feynman.lanl.gov
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 16:46:52 GMT


In article <92221.144242SAYED@auvm.american.edu>, <SAYED@auvm.american.edu> writes:
|> 
|> [multiple replies munged]
|> 6-no experience required..you will get trained and for the fees you
|>   invest in training and your licenses is all it takes to become an
|>   agent and the knowledge you get in saving and investment itself is an
|>   investment that you will never regret.
|> 
|> 
|> 
Here is the crux of the thing.  He says "you will get trained", then, "for the
fees you invest in training and your licenses..."  In other words, you will
PAY to get trained out of your own pocket.  Boy, I love passive-voice sentence 
construction.  It obscures facts so well.  I guess that's why politicians
use it so much....
-- 

David G. Simmons	"A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a
davids@lanl.gov		meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and
			add drama to an otherwise dull day."
						-Calvin
If I said it, LANL didn't..."If you weren't such a muttonhead, you might have 
thought of it yourself!" (Calvin, again...)

-- 

David G. Simmons	"A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a
davids@lanl.gov		meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and
			add drama to an otherwise dull day."
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
From: Eli.Mantel@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Eli Mantel)
Subject: FL, PA: Sybase, C, Sun -- recruiter
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 21:59:17 GMT

        work location: Tampa, Fl; PA
                 rate: open
   skill requirements: Sybase, C, Sun (Project Leader and P/A)
               length: 6 months
 
A project leader and a programmer/analyst are needed for contracts in
Tampa, FL and in PA.  Minimum of 2 years of professional experience
is required.  Must have experience with the Sybase RDBMS, C, and Sun OS.
 
If you are interested in these openings, please contact:
            Spencer and Associates, Inc.
            Attn: Bill Williams
            212 N. 34th Street
            Rogers, AR 72756
     Phone: 501-631-1300
       FAX: 501-631-1551
 
This notice is being posted for a firm that does not have Internet access.
Please send your resume by FAX or U.S. mail to ensure consideration for the
opening.  Thank you.
 
--
   The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the University of
     North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Campus Office for Information
        Technology, or the Experimental Bulletin Board Service.
           internet:  bbs.oit.unc.edu or 152.2.22.80
From: iesltd@telesys.tnet.com (ExecuSearch)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
Subject: Programmer/East Africa/RECRUITER
Keywords: AS/400, RPG III, Financial Packages
Date: 20 Aug 92 15:44:18 GMT
Article-I.D.: telesys.1992Aug20.154418.8467
Distribution: na
Organization: [Guest Account] TeleSys Development Systems, Mesa AZ


     >Location:     East Africa
     >Salary:       $30K - $40K + all expenses
     >Required:     3+  years experience.   Lots of coding.   Good
                    experience if you want overseas work.
 
     Description:   1  year contract.   Potential for more.   Call
                    for details.
 
     Recruiter:     Brenda L. Fent
     Fax:           (602) 951-9003
'/
-- 

We refer recent college grads to contact their college career centers, 
as we require a minimum of two years non-academic work experience.  Due to
stringent citizenship laws, we are only allowed to work with US citizens
or resident aliens.  NO H-1 Visas need apply at this time.

International ExecuSearch, LTD.
6560 N Scottsdale Rd. STE J-100
From: merlyn@romulus.reed.edu (Randal L. Schwartz)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
Subject: Re: Guru
Date: 22 Aug 92 16:11:36 GMT
Article-I.D.: romulus.MERLYN.92Aug22091133
Organization: Reed College

In article <714456052.F00003@blkcat.UUCP> Dave.Aronson@f120.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Dave Aronson) writes:
   billh@mugwump.UK.Sun.COM (Bill Hodgson - Sun EHQ - Cascade) writes:

    BH> An agent rang to say she had a requirement for someone with "UNIX
    BH> guru", as she said, she wasn't technical and didn't know what sort
    BH> of product "UNIX guru" was.

   ROFL!  I doubt there's a single person here without a similar experience.

   Which brings up the question of how you handle such people.  Comments?

If you're a smart businessman on your toes, you simply say "Yes, I've
worked with 'Unix guru' before, for at least two or three years...
what's the project?"

Really... just go with the flow.  It works for me.

Just another "UNIX Guru"-compatible contractor, :-)
--
Randal L. Schwartz / Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095
merlyn@reed.edu (guest account) merlyn@ora.com (better for permanent record)
cute quote: "Welcome to Portland, Oregon -- home of the California Raisins!"
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
From: suzanne@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Suzanne McCaffrey)
Subject: Re: Guru
Organization: San Francisco State University
Distribution: us 
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 05:23:25 GMT

best place to find the unix guru is in a unix ashram

Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
From: arthur@rsd.dl.nec.com (Arthur Griffith)
Subject: Re: jury duty
Organization: NEC America, Radio Software Dept.
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 15:55:35 GMT

|> In article <5752@transfer.stratus.com>, btarbox@sw.stratus.com (Brian Tarbox) writes...
|> >Since I'm a contractor I have no employer to pay me for time
|> >spent on jury duty...are there any tax breaks or anything for
|> >losing 3 days of pay, or is this just another place where
|> >contractors lose out?
|> 

Adjust your rate accordingly.  This is a normal business expense.

-- 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arthur Griffith                               Under contract to NEC America
Dallas, Texas                                 Internet: arthur@rsd.dl.nec.com
From: johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
Subject: Re: jury duty
Date: 21 Aug 92 17:06:44 GMT
Followup-To: misc.politics
Organization: I.E.C.C.

>   " Has it ever occurred to you that those on trial have
>placed their lives on 12 people who were not smart enough to
>get out of jury duty?"
>
>I concur!!!

The guy who posted the original message lives in Massachusetts (as do I,)
a state with "one day / one trial" jury duty for state courts.  When
you're called for jury duty, you have to go, although you can pick any
date you want up to 9 months in the future.  The list of ways to get out
is very short: convicted felon, don't speak English, physically can't
leave the house.  You can be called as often as once every three years.
They have a rather poor random number generator -- I've been called every
37 months, while other people I know have never been called in 10 years.

When you go, if you're not selected for a trial jury on that day, you're
done.  If you are on a jury, you stay until the trial is done.  I've been
called four times so far, and have been on a one-day civil trial (about a
dead horse), a criminal trial which was supposed to be two days but
dragged on for five, and two times I wasn't selected.  They won't put you
on a jury for a trial that will last longer than two days, if you have a
plausible explanation of things you have to do.

It's much fairer than the traditional system since you get a much wider
variety of jurors, though it was rather annoying when I had to try and get
some work done during the five day trial, dashing back to the office
during the lunch breaks.

State law says that employers much pay employees for the first three days
of jury duty, and if you're self employed you pay yourself.  After that
the state pays you $50 / day and the employer can have any pay policy it
wants.


Regards,
John Levine, johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us, {spdcc|ima|world}!iecc!johnl
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
From: orville%weyrich@tnet.com (Orville R. Weyrich)
Subject: Re: 1706 Repeal Debated
Reply-To: tnet.com!weyrich!orville
Organization: Weyrich Computer Consulting
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 08:54:19 GMT

In article <183010@pyramid.pyramid.com> jmuth@pyrps5.eng.pyramid.com (John Muth) writes:
>
>If you are willing to hire yourself out on a per-job (ie. fixed bid) basis,
>1706 is irrelevent. If you market yourself and find your own clients
>1706 is not very relevent. 1706 only screws you if you work by the
>hour through a broker.
>

Tell that to the clients -- they aren't taking any chances. Fear of the
IRS is much more powerful in this country than fear of the devil; the
company lawyers would rather be "safe" than try to argue with the IRS
when the all the cards in the deck are stacked in favor of the IRS.

Screwed is screwed. Period.

orville

--------------------------------------       **********************************
Orville R. Weyrich, Jr.                          Weyrich Computer Consulting
Certified Data Processor                       POB 5782, Scottsdale, AZ 85261
Certified Systems Professional                      Voice: (602) 391-0821
Certified Computer Programmer                Internet: orville%weyrich@tnet.com
--------------------------------------       **********************************
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
From: gillmore@picard.slc.mentorg.com (Mike Gillmore (Consultant))
Subject: Re: jury duty
Reply-To: mike_gillmore@mentorg.com
Organization: Mentor Graphics Corp.,  Murray, Utah
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 22:01:15 GMT

Perhaps David Brenner said it best:

   " Has it iever occurred to you that those on trial have
placed their lives on 12 people who were not smart enough to
get out of jury duty?"

I concur!!!
-- 
Mike "Okie" Gillmore
no .sig, no glory
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
From: jeffrey@algor2.algorists.com (Jeffrey Kegler)
Subject: Re: Developer-Owned Corporation
Reply-To: jeffrey@algor2.algorists.com (Jeffrey Kegler)
Organization: Algorists, Inc.
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 07:02:11 GMT

In article <19863@nntp_server.ems.cdc.com> btreuman@ems.cdc.com writes:
>It seems to me that the best model for a technical professional
>business is a small architecture or legal services corporation.

I have long thought so.  I have at various times formed my own, or
tried to join other entities which looked like they could become
developer-run professional services corporations.  The judgement of
the free market (so far at least) has been less than kind, however.
The experience is persistent enough so that I think it may be
something about the character of developers or the business that
dictates the result, rather than the vagaries of individual
circumstance.

I now am down to a "professional services corporation" with only one
partner.  I wish you luck in the above, and hope your results are more
in line with my visions than my experience.
-- 
Jeffrey Kegler, Independent UNIX Consultant, Algorists, Inc.
jeffrey@algor2.ALGORISTS.COM or uunet!algor2!jeffrey
137 E Fremont AVE #122, Sunnyvale CA 94087
"It is more often our modern poets who are dealing with stale
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
From: jim@wariat.org (James T. Lewis)
Subject: Re: End User Consultant
Reply-To: jim@wariat.org (James T. Lewis)
Organization: Akademia Pana Kleksa, Public Access Uni* Site
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 01:28:53 GMT

Our client wishes to hire more than one End User Consultant to
help support their MS-DOS users.  

They are looking for the following characteristics:

1.  Ability to follow directions
2.  Appropriate education and/or experience
3.  Realistic sense of current economic worth but with ambition.

The positions are based in Northern Ohio.

If you would like to apply please do the following:

1. send email to        jobs@wariat.org
2. subject:   END USER
3. List education and state salary requirements.
4. Describe briefly your career goals over the next 5 years.
5. Include brief resume.

Our client will review the replies and invite for interviews
those that have the most attractive training to salary ratios. 
Therefor please do not be disappointed if you do not hear back
from them.  And please do not followup to us as we have no
control over what our client does.
-- 
James T. Lewis, Pres.
Amerisoft:  Executive Search & Computer Services  
7994 Music Street, Chagrin Falls OH 44022
216/338-3290 or 216/338-3315 voice and fax
   jim@wariat.org      wariat!jim
From: barr@silver.NNTP (J. Hunter Barr)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
Subject: One more try-- Additional info on C Programmers wanted
Date: 23 Aug 92 00:01:45 GMT
Distribution: misc
Organization: /usr/guests/barr/.organization

Many thanks to all those who pointed out my omission-- the location of
the work.  Thanks too for the smiles at my Freudian slip :-).

Thanks to everyone for your patience; I have very limited access to
usenet news, and I post so rarely that it takes a few tries.

A consulting and solutions enabler firm that helps organizations to
design, build, and and implement networked information systems has two
positions open for C Programmers.  Candidates must have the following:

    Strong C programming skills (3-6 yrs.)

    Familiarity with Microsoft SQL server

    OS2 a plus

    LU6.2 (for *one* position only)

Additional openings for M204 User Language Programmers with file
systems management, PC Networks, or database management.

These jobs are in the Dallas/Fort worth area, and in the St. Louis
area.  There may be a similar opening in the Washington D.C. area
(requiring clearance, of course).


Call (617) 661-9790 x573
or email BARR@SILVER.LCS.MIT.EDU
--
                                ______
                                HUNTER
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
From: steinman@is.morgan.com (Jan Steinman)
Subject: Re: Incorporated consultants survey - 34% flat tax
Organization: Morgan Stanley & Company
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 13:53:15 GMT

In article <ESH.92Aug18143425@boron.tekbspa.com> esh@boron.tekbspa.com (Edward S. Hirgelt) writes:
   agaw@drstrange.EBay.Sun.COM said:
   agaw> Are there any creative ways to legally side-step this? (personal service corp tax)

   The tax is on your corporate profits. The goal is to get money out of
   the corp and into your personal hands...

   1. Bonuses at the end of the corp's tax year to the employees...
   2. SEP IRA (Simplified Employee Plan?)...
   3. The corp can buy lots of things that are necessary for you to do your job...

Note that none of these are different for a sole prop or partnership!

Bottom line: incorporation is almost always negative cash flow. Don't
do it for money reasons! Do it to limit liability (not very good if
there are only a few shareholders, or if you're not worth much), for
prestige (like that "Inc."  after your company name, and the title
"President" after yours?), or if you plan to grow the corporation into
some other business, and *want* to retain earnings (this can be done
later, and should not be done without a business plan).

An accountant and a lawyer advised us (two people) *not* to
incorporate. In a previous business that involved considerable
personal liability (adventure travel), we did incorporate.
--
: : Jan Steinman	   steinman@is.morgan.com		 Bytesmiths : :
: : 2002 Parkside Court				   West Linn, OR 97068-2767 : :
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