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From: jbocts@teal.csn.org (John Becker)
Subject: SPICE simulation
Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 04:45:44 GMT


SIMULATION, ASIC CMOS devices
SPICE, VERILOG, MENTOR or simlar platform.
Experience: 2 to 5 years, (industrial)
LOCATION: Fort Collins, Colorado  (50 miles north of Denver)
CONTRACT TYPE:  Temporary, 9 month assignment
PAY: DOE

CONTACT: Steve Luce, John Becker

ON CALL Technical Services
BOX 2125
Loveland, Co 80539
Tel: (303) 667-6222
Fax: (303) 667-8966

Fax, Telephone, or US Post contact only 
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract,misc.jobs.offered
From: tms@netcom.com (Taos Mountain Software)
Subject: Unix SQE Group Lead-Senior; San Fran Bay Area; TMS
Followup-To: poster
Keywords: Senior Lead; Expert SQE; X Windows/ debugging
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: ca
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 06:28:31 GMT




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Taos Mountain Software,	a Mountain View, CA based Unix	Contract-
ing and	Training company, has several Unix contract openings.

Taos Mountain offers its W2 contractors	Health Insurance,  Educa-
tional	Reimbursement,	business  cards,  Internet access, and we
work hard to keep our  contractors  busy  from	one  contract  to
another.  Contact us for details.

When replying, please indicate	req  number  and  job  title.  If
emailing us a resume, please send only ascii resumes.

============================ REQ 267 ===========================

Job Title:		SQE Group Lead

Geographic Location:	San Francisco Bay Area

Likely Duration:	3-6+ months

Job Description:	Lead X11 Imaging Testing Group

	Group-lead / senior test engineer to manage
	most testing aspects of	an X-windows based imaging software
	application.  Evaluate and purchase test coverage software.
	Develop	test plan and bug-report database systems.
	Hands-on testing and debugging,	managing a small team of
	professional SQE engineers.  This position calls for a manager
	with strong working knowledge of SQE methodology.

Candidate Qualifications:

	- Prefer MSCS/EE with 3-6 years	Software Quality Engineering
	  work experience focusing on the automated testing of
	  X windows-based applications.

	- Proven ability to find bugs and to debug applications.
	- Strong C programming experience.




USMail:	Technical Staffing		Voice:	(415) 961-2100
	Taos Mountain Software		Fax:	(415) 961-6668
	415 Clyde Ave.,	Suite 105	Email:	tms@netcom.com
	Mountain View, CA  94043


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From: bobert@informix.com (Robert Murphy)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
Subject: Re: Method of payment for contract jobs.
Date: 17 Dec 92 20:38:48 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

symfourn@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Sharon M. Fournier) writes:

>I have just started a computer consulting firm in the Toronto, Ontario area,
>and I have been wondering about a couple of things.

>The main question I have right now is this.  How should I arrange payment?
>Should I agree to receiving just one cheque for the entire amount of the 
>contract when the work is complete since this is just a three week contract?  
>Or should I ask for half of the payment at the beginning, and the balance 
>when the job is finished?  Otherwise, I could ask for weekly installments.
>I don't know which option is standard for contractors these days.

My partner and I always make sure to get some money up front, partly to
cover any up-front costs like special software tools we have to buy, but 
mostly to make sure the customer will take the contract seriously, which
they sometimes won't until they've put some money into it.  

The up-front payment doesn't have to be a *lot* - we ask for 1/4 the total
amount on short contracts, and as little as 1/10 on long ones.  On a three
week contract, I'd ask for perhaps 1/3 up front and the balance on completion.
(Generally, we do firm-fixed-price contracts with progress payments spaced
so that we get a check every month or so, and a big check at the end.)

>I know what the acceptable rate is (the $salary/1000 rule, and the double your
>usual hourly rate rule).  But does this rate cover expenses such as long-   
>distance phone calls?  I assume the calls will cost a minimal amount, so I
>am not really too worried about it, but I was just wondering what is recom-
>mended.

It depends on what you're doing.  I figure that, say, support calls to
compiler vendors come out of my pocket, and also some reasonably small amount
of other long-distance calls.  However, we recently had a client ask us to
talk on a frequent basis to one of their customers in London (we're in
California), and so we're planning to say that's fine as long as we don't
pay the long distance bill.

Good luck,
Bob Murphy
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
From: tms@netcom.com (Taos Mountain Software)
Subject: Unix S/W developer; SF Bay Area; TMS
Keywords: C++ MOtif; SunOS; AIX
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: ca
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 06:16:26 GMT


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Taos Mountain Software,	a Mountain View, CA based Unix	Contract-
ing and	Training company, has several Unix contract openings.

Taos Mountain offers its W2 contractors	Health Insurance,  Educa-
tional	Reimbursement,	business  cards,  Internet access, and we
work hard to keep our  contractors  busy  from	one  contract  to
another.  Contact us for details.

When replying, please indicate	req  number  and  job  title.  If
emailing us a resume, please send only ascii resumes.

============================ REQ 243 ===========================


Job Title:		S/W Developer

Geographic Location:	San Francisco South Bay	Area

Job Description:	C++/Motif Application Debug

	Work with existing graphical database application for large
	monitoring and management of large resource pool. Combination of
	graphical GUI, object management, and data tracking.


Candidate Qualifications:

	- 2-5 years experience C++ / Motif
	- SunOS	experience required
	- AIX experience helpful




USMail:	Technical Staffing		Voice:	(415) 961-2100
	Taos Mountain Software		Fax:	(415) 961-6668
	415 Clyde Ave.,	Suite 105	Email:	tms@netcom.com
	Mountain View, CA  94043


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Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
Distribution: world
From: fyl@ssc.com (Phil Hughes)
Organization: Odyssey Ultraware, Inc
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 23:05:25 CDT
Subject: Re: What to charge for travel time

: > steve@hsvaic.boeing.com (Steve Tanner) writes:
: > 
: > >I'd like to know how people charge for travel time during out-of-town
: > >overnight and longer trips.  I'm sure this has been dealt with before,

After a few fights with customers (and their accounting department) about
travel time charges we have adopted a simple scheme that seems to work for
us and keeps them happy.  We charge for one way travel at our standard
consulting rate.  It just gets billed as consulting time.  Thus,
accounting is happy and the actual customer feels like they got a deal.
-- 
Phil Hughes, SSC, Inc. P.O. Box 55549, Seattle, WA 98155  (206)FOR-UNIX
>>> Publishers of pocket references for UNIX, C, VI, Emacs, Ksh, MS-DOS, ...
<<<
     ...!ssc!fyl or fyl@ssc.com            (206)527-3385



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From: fyl@ssc.com (Phil Hughes)
Subject: Re: What to charge for travel time
Organization: SSC, Inc.,  Seattle, WA
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 21:33:43 GMT
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From: tms@netcom.com (Taos Mountain Software)
Subject: Unix Sun SysAdmin; SF Bay Area; TMS
Followup-To: poster
Keywords: 3-6 years; Networking/Routers; Mac-Appletalk
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: ca
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 06:25:09 GMT



* * * *	* * * *	* * * *	* * * *	* * * *	* * * *	* * * *	* * * *	* *

Taos Mountain Software,	a Mountain View, CA based Unix	Contract-
ing and	Training company, has several Unix contract openings.

Taos Mountain offers its W2 contractors	Health Insurance,  Educa-
tional	Reimbursement,	business  cards,  Internet access, and we
work hard to keep our  contractors  busy  from	one  contract  to
another.  Contact us for details.

When replying, please indicate	req  number  and  job  title.  If
emailing us a resume, please send only ascii resumes.

============================ REQ 263 ===========================

Job Title:		System Administrator

Geographic Location:	North San Francisco Bay	Area

Likely Duration:	3-6 months

Job Description:	Sun/Mac/Network	Administration

	Maintain a group of 50 Suns, networking, OS, Software Support.


Candidate Qualifications:

	- Experienced Sun Administrator
	- Mac-appletalk	helpful
	- Networking experience	helpful



USMail:	Technical Staffing		Voice:	(415) 961-2100
	Taos Mountain Software		Fax:	(415) 961-6668
	415 Clyde Ave.,	Suite 105	Email:	tms@netcom.com
	Mountain View, CA  94043


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Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
From: seek@world.std.com (SEEK)
Subject: C UNIX SYBASE CONSULTANT FOR BOSTON AREA CONTRACT refUNIX1+recruiter+
Reply-To: seek@world.std.com
Organization: SEEK Consulting Companies Ltd
Distribution: ne
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 21:42:12 GMT


******************************************************************************
** these are not entry level positions ** please send resume in ascii format
******************************************************************************
** local engineers are preferred       ** all locals will get a response back
******************************************************************************
 
                   C UNIX SYBASE CONSULTANT FOR CONTRACT 
 
AVAILABILITY:      IMMEDIATE
 
DURATION:          LONG TERM
 
RATE:              $40-45/HOUR
 
TECHNICAL:         C, UNIX, SYBASE
 
ADDITIONAL:        C++, MS WINDOWS, EXPERIENCE IN DESIGNING OBJECTS 
                   WITHIN THE DATABASE
 
FOLLOW UP:         seek@world.std.com
                   1-617-246-8246 (fax) 
                   1-617-246-8234 (phone)
 
CONTACT:           SANDRA STRONG
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
Distribution: world
From: tms@netcom.com (Taos Mountain Software)
Organization: Odyssey Ultraware, Inc
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 03:14:56 CDT
Subject: Unix System Admin; San Fran Bay Area; TMS




* * * *	* * * *	* * * *	* * * *	* * * *	* * * *	* * * *	* * * *	* *

Taos Mountain Software,	a Mountain View, CA based Unix	Contract-
ing and	Training company, has several Unix contract openings.

Taos Mountain offers its W2 contractors	Health Insurance,  Educa-
tional	Reimbursement,	business  cards,  Internet access, and we
work hard to keep our  contractors  busy  from	one  contract  to
another.  Contact us for details.

When replying, please indicate	req  number  and  job  title.  If
emailing us a resume, please send only ascii resumes.

 =========================== REQ 250 ===========================

Job Title:		Sys Admin

Geographic Location:	San Jose, Ca. Area

Likely Duration:	3 Months

Job Description:	Sun Sysadm/Oracle DBA

	Perform	Unix Systems Administrator and Oracle DBA
	tasks in an MIS	environemnt.  Our client has a network consisting
	of several Sun and Sun Clones.	The servers are	running	a variety of
	Oracle based applications.  End	users are using	486 based PC's
	connected to the server	via PC/NFS.

	You will function as the primary Systems Administrator and Oracle DBA.
	You will probably spend	the majority of	your time (~80%) doing UNIX
	administration and the rest of time working with Oracle.

	In addition to routine administration tasks, you will be asked to
	do a significant amount	of script writing to automate many of these
	routine	tasks.	Therefore, a strong background in shell	programming
	is necessary.


Candidate Qualifications:

	- 3-5 Years Overall UNIX experience with extensive Systems
	  Administration experience.
	- Strong Shell programming skills (C programming would be nice)
	- Oracle DBA experience
	- Knowledge of SunOS (4.x and Solaris 2.0) a big plus
	- Strong communication skills
	- An ability to	write C	would be a huge	plus.
	- Ability to "land running".  The client is looking for	somebody
	  who, with little direction, can take over the	administration
	  functions.



USMail:	Technical Staffing		Voice:	(415) 961-2100
	Taos Mountain Software		Fax:	(415) 961-6668
	415 Clyde Ave.,	Suite 105	Email:	tms@netcom.com
	Mountain View, CA  94043


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From: tms@netcom.com (Taos Mountain Software)
Subject: Unix System Admin; San Fran Bay Area; TMS
Keywords: 3-5 years; expert TCP/IP; C Programming; SunOS and Solaris 2.0
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: ca
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 06:19:21 GMT


Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
From: brown@NCoast.ORG (Stan Brown)
Subject: Re: The Company Corporation?
Organization: Oak Road Systems, Cleveland Ohio USA
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 16:26:22 GMT

In article <725942456snx@crynwr.com> nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson) writes:
>Reading my Compu$erve Magazine, a blow-in card fell out, from The
>Company Corporation.  They claim to save you lots of money in
>incorporation fees.  Does anyone have any experience with them?

Wow... I'm not sure what a blow-in card is exactly, but it must be
pretty talented to b e able to read your Compuserve Magazine!  

You can incorporate yourself in most states.  Go to your public library
and look in the self-help law session.  I recommend books from Nolo
Press, whicxh publishes a whole series by attorneys: _Nolo's Simple Will
Book_ is the one I spent the most time with, though I looked through a
couple of others.

If you pay a non-lawyer anything at all to do an incorporation or other
legal work for you, you're probably overpaying--and your money goes to
someone whose priority is in volume rather than in paying attention to
any special needs you may have.  
-- 
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems                      brown@Ncoast.ORG

no .signature--I'm just not in the mood, okay?
From: dlhpfm.uucp!tes!sam@ab.com
Newsgroups: cle.jobs,misc.jobs.contract
Subject: Contract temp to perm Intel embedded programmer (agent)
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 01:50:56 EST
Organization: Technical Employment Services, Inc.

Contract position could lead to permanent position for "right"
applicant, located in Cleveland suburb.

                          REQUIREMENTS
Intel 80186 embedded programmer for improvements to existing
system.
'C' coding on PC DOS Platform   Must know 'C' compiler

Applicant will be developing tools to work on the clients systems,
also working with Intel compiler & linker, should be familiar with
making PROM's, some knowledge with multi bus architecture, work
with real-time RMX instrument control a plus.

My client will be interviewing January 4, 1993 to fill this slot.
Send resume's to    Sam Sheterom
                    TES. Inc.
                    31601 Vine Street
                    Willowick, Ohio 44095
                    (216) 585-0200
                    FAX (216) 585-7327
                    or above e-mail address

 
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
From: "Perry L. Geib" <p00164@psilink.com>
Subject: CONTRACT OFFERED: flight sim tactics/ew s/w engineer, OH
Organization: Performance Systems Int'l
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 14:16:33 GMT
X-Mailer: PSILink (3.2)

ATSIM, Inc. is a software service company specializing in Flight Simulation.  
ATSIM is owned and operated by experienced Flight Simulation software engineers.  
We offer our contractors a full insurance package, tuition reimbursement, and 
technical assistance.

POSITION:		
		Tactics Simulation Software Engineer

REQUIREMENTS:  	
		Previous Tactics Simulation experience 4 + years, Ada, UNIX, 	
		DoD STD 2167A.  Experience in EW simulation including threat 
		aircraft target modeling, weapon systems modeling, and avionics 	
		simulation.

DESCRIPTION:	
		Engineer to design, develop and implement a simulated tactical 	
		threat environment.

LOCATION:		
		OH

RATE:			
		$35-45/Hour

DURATION:		
		6 months (with a possible follow-on of 6+ months)

FOLLOW-UP:	
		p00164@psilink.com
		800-292-8746 (Voice)
		607-277-1491 (FAX)

CONTACT:		
		Mary Shoemaker

NOTE:		
		All applicants will be asked for professional references and 
		undergo technical interviews prior to submission.  All 
		applicants selected will be subjected to a security 
		investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for 
		access to classified information.
		If your are interested in this position either email 
		(ascii format) or FAX your resume.
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
Distribution: world
From: paul@unitek.com
Organization: Odyssey Ultraware, Inc
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 03:22:00 CDT
Subject: X.500 Contract (N. Cal)

                  Immediate Contract Opportunity

Unitek Systems, a Software Consulting House, in Nothern California, 
has a contract opportunity for a developer with hands on experience 
in upper layers of ISO/OSI protocols.

This is a  4 months contract to work on our client's site in Santa Clara.

Requirements:  2-4 years of experience,  X.500, C++, and Unix

For immediate consideration please call, Fax or email your resume
to Paul Afshar at:

         Fax: (510) 790-2276               Unitek Systems                 
         Tel: (510) 795-2878            5845 Jarvis Ave. #150         
      E-mail: paul@unitek.com             Newark, CA 94560           








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From: paul@unitek.com
Subject: X.500 Contract (N. Cal)
Followup-To: poster
Keywords: OSI, X.500
Organization: Unitek Systems
Distribution: ca
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 23:48:26 GMT


Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
From: abrams@cs.columbia.edu (Steven Abrams)
Subject: Self/Un-employment and insurance
Summary: Is Golden Rule Insurance any good?
Keywords: Insurance
Organization: Columbia University Department of Computer Science
Distribution: misc
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 16:08:03 GMT


Someone just recommended the "Golden Rule" short-term health insurance
to me, and I was wondering if anyone had any experience with them or
with any other similar plan.

The deal is this:  reasonable-looking Major Medical and cheap premiums
($150/month for full family coverage).  No basic doctors visits or
other day-to-day stuff, just coverage against the big stuff (surgery,
hospitalization, accidents, etc.) which can cause financial ruin.  

The coverage is available for a 1 to 6 month period, and you are
allowed to renew it up to two more times, giving coverage for at most
18 months.   Part of the down side of this plan is that the deductible
is *per incident* and that in case of a major accident occurring while
you are covered, they only maintain coverage for treatment up to 2
years after the incident.  

The reason I'm interested in such a thing is in a few months I'll have
real coverage available as a benefit of my wife's job.  This short
term coverage seems like a reasonable kind of thing for a consultant
who's just leaving the security of a full-time job, since it's so
cheap.

I'm curious if anyone knows about this company, if they are reliable,
if they've been around, etc.  Also, if anyone can recommend a
reasonably priced insurance plan, I'm all ears.

Either e-mail or post;  I'll summarize if there's enough response.

~~~Steve


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From: bobert@informix.com (Robert Murphy)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
Subject: Re: Interview Travel Expenses
Date: 17 Dec 92 20:53:21 GMT
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

jarnold@tixel.mv.com (Jon Arnold) writes:

>I would also be interested in the answer to this question.  When interviewing
>for a fulltime job with a company, the norm seems to be that the company
>will pay reasonable travel expenses. (Although they may *not* also provide
>relocation reimbursement if they offer you the job).

>But for contractors, it seems (from my limited experience in this area
>to date) that the interview travel expenses are your own nickel.  While I
>don't personally think it should be that way, it seems like many companies
>who hire contractors are taking advantage of the glut of independants
>currently available due to high-tech layoffs, and seem to feel they can
>impose those charges on the applicant.  Rule of Economics 101: The law
>of supply and demand...

I can understand that a company would be reluctant to put out a lot of
up-front money to interview someone for a short-term contract, and I would
gladly pay the travel expenses (e.g. gas and maybe a meal) to go to an
interview within, say, a two-hour drive by car.

However, I once paid for a plane ticket for a contract interview, and
would never do so again...

In 1987, the Mac software company I was working for in Texas was in the
process of going bust, and we programmers split off to form an independent
guns-for-hire development firm.  I was put in touch with a VP at a major
Mac software company by a contact at Apple, and he said in a phone call
that he was interested in talking with us about having us do some
development work for them from our offices in Texas.  I asked him who
was going to pay for the plane tickets, and he said, "If I were going
to have you come out for an interview for a full-time job, I'd pay for
them, but since you're pitching a contract, you should pay for them."
Being new to all this, I took this at face value.  So, one of the other
guys and I dutifully bought our plane tickets and arrived at the firm, and
the first words out of this VP's mouth were, "We'd be happy to offer you
all full-time jobs if you want to move to California, but we don't work
with contractors."

We sent him a bill for the cost of the plane tickets, but he never paid it.

Bob Murphy
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
Distribution: world
From: seek@world.std.com
Organization: Odyssey Ultraware, Inc
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 04:01:50 CDT
Subject: C UNIX SYBASE CONSULTANT FOR BOSTON AREA CONTRACT refUNIX1+recruiter+


******************************************************************************
** these are not entry level positions ** please send resume in ascii format
******************************************************************************
** local engineers are preferred       ** all locals will get a response back
******************************************************************************
 
                   C UNIX SYBASE CONSULTANT FOR CONTRACT 
 
AVAILABILITY:      IMMEDIATE
 
DURATION:          LONG TERM
 
RATE:              $40-45/HOUR
 
TECHNICAL:         C, UNIX, SYBASE
 
ADDITIONAL:        C++, MS WINDOWS, EXPERIENCE IN DESIGNING OBJECTS 
                   WITHIN THE DATABASE
 
FOLLOW UP:         seek@world.std.com
                   1-617-246-8246 (fax) 
                   1-617-246-8234 (phone)
 
CONTACT:           SANDRA STRONG


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From: seek@world.std.com (SEEK)
Subject: C UNIX SYBASE CONSULTANT FOR BOSTON AREA CONTRACT refUNIX1+recruiter+
Reply-To: seek@world.std.com
Organization: SEEK Consulting Companies Ltd
Distribution: ne
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 21:42:12 GMT


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