From: wuth@castrov.cuc.ab.ca (Brett Wuth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: contract programmers wanted
Distribution: world
Date: 12 Dec 92 18:26:58 MDT
Organization: Castrovalva is a state of mind

Having just finished a killer contract for the Amiga, I now have time 
to sit back and look at what went wrong.  I realize now that I spun
my wheels a lot on areas that weren't my expertise.  If I were to do
it again, I would sub-contract out:
	* Creating a linker that can link pc-relative code larger
	  than 32K (or modifying an existing one, as I did), CDN$1000
	* Creating a KickTag stub that installs a stub DOS boot node,
	  CDN$300
and perhaps a few other areas that I can't think of right now.

As you can see, nobody would have gotten rich, but the sub-contracts
might have been worth while to someone as a side project.

Anyway, I anticipate a few even larger spin-off contracts from the one
I just completed.  So in anticipation, I'd like to find out what
resources are available out there.  One area I might be looking to
sub-contract out is the design and implementation of the Intuition
"shell" to a spiffy user interface.  Other areas could be just about
anything; there's a lot of potential to this product that's being
designed.

Since you're where you are, and I'm here, any sub-contracts would
have to be fixed-fee with minimal supervision.  Communications
would be via encrypted e-mail & phone.  You'd have to be willing 
to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

If you're interested in the possibility of contract work, please
send me a resume (by e-mail).  I'll acknowledge each message 
received.  Details I'm interested in are:
	* areas of expertise
	* amount of time available
	* credentials.  This is very important, as I'm unlikely
	  to ever see you face-to-face.  What projects have you
	  done?  Who can I call for a reference?  Do you have
	  any examples of your finished work or coding style?
	* Tax details.  Is there anything special for your
	  country?  For instance, in my country there is a
	  sales tax that also applies to foreign transactions.
As things evolve, there might be other details that are wanted;
you might want to watch for follow-ups.

I imagine that I'm not the only person interested in contracting
out.  So I volunteer to keep an archive of people's resumes.  If
you don't want your resume to be public (perhaps you don't want
your employer to know you are circulating it), please state so 
clearly and I won't place it in the archive.  The archive will be 
available via BMS (see alt.sys.amiga.uucp for details).  I'll try 
to get a more conventional mail server running.

Cheers,
-- 
Brett Wuth  wuth@castrov.cuc.ab.ca BCWuth@uncamult.bitnet wuth@castrov.UUCP
U302, 3510 44St SW, Calgary, Alberta, T3E 3R9, CANADA  Tel: +1 403 242-0848

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