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From: johnm@cory.Berkeley.EDU (John D. Mitchell)
Subject: Contract Clauses
Keywords: no-compete, net payments terms
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 18:46:42 GMT

Okay, here's a couple of contract questions...

1) What (if any) convention/standard is there on the period of time covered
under 'no-compete' clauses?

2) What (if any) convention/standard is there on payment terms (net-14,
net-15, net-30 days, etc.)?

3) Invoicing:
	A) What is the period covered per invoice (whole contract,
	   percentage of work done/checkpoints, X number of
	   days/weeks/months, etc.)?

	B) What level of detail in the invoice (i.e. time breakdown by
	   fraction of an hour/hour/day/week/etc., per task (specified in
	   job/work order), etc.)?

4) Development environment/tools:
	A) Some tools are (obviously?) personal (editors, etc.) while some
	   are very specifically just for a particular contract.  Where do
	   you draw the line from what is my responsibility/cost and what
	   is billed to the client?

	B) How is the answer to the above changed if they
	   hardward/software/etc. platform changes?  I.e. I usually do work
	   on platform X and the client wants to develop for platform Y
	   which will require a whole new set of tools.

5) Inventions/Patents/etc.:
	A) Writing over all inventions I make during the course of a
	   contract for a client seems to be pretty standard (or is it?).
	   My main question here are the clauses about helping the client
	   enforce whatever claims it makes about the software (i.e.
	   patent defense, copyright trials, etc.).  What is the standard
	   compensation levels for this type of time (free (not!), wage
	   effective during that work (not!), current pay level (with that
	   client), some obnoxiously high value because that is time away
	   from 'real' work (say X times current rate), etc.)?  Obviously,
	   any expenses are charged to the client.

	B) How do I document my inventions so that it's legally unambiguous
	   that I did it  a) on my own time (as so I own it);  b) did on
	   client X's time (and so they own it); etc.?

That's it for now.  :-)

Thanks,
	John
	johnm@cory.Berkeley.EDU

P.S.	Mail sent directly to me will be kept confidential but I will post
	a summary.
From: chuck@eng.umd.edu (Chuck Harris - WA3UQV)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
Subject: Re: Independants: know your business
Date: 30 Jul 92 15:50:16 GMT
Distribution: ca
Organization: University of Maryland, Department of Electrical Engineering

In article <92211.121350MKK2@psuvm.psu.edu> MKK2@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>
>>I hope everyone knows the answer to this one. Your social security number
>>is a perfectly acceptable Fed ID number. I've used mine the last 4 years for
...
>Well, I agree with your interpretation of the law, but that doesn't mean that
>you can force others to.  I had to get an FID because a large beauracracy with
>which I wanted to do business had a policy:  No FID, no business.
>
>  I even got them to agree that my SSN would satisfy the "law."  No matter.
>The issue was *their* policy, which they intended to enforce. 8-(
>

Well, for sole proprietors, that shouldn't be a problem, since you had to get
an EIN (Employer Identification Number) inorder to start your Keough Retirement
plan.

YOU DO HAVE A KEOUGH, DON'T YOU?

If you aren't planning for your retirement, you had better quit playing at
being an independent, and get a mushroom job!

Chuck Harris - WA3UQV
C.F. Harris - Consulting
chuck@eng.umd.edu
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
From: alfa@b23a.ingr.com (Laura Pina)
Subject: Freelance Publishing Professional
Organization: Intergraph
Distribution: misc
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 19:55:45 GMT


Experienced publishing professional is available for freelance 
graphic design, document design, editing and production assistance.

Experience with the following:
- Technical writing/editing (software and hardware)
- Typography
- Pre-press technologies (digital color and pagination)
- Document and advertising design (technical and marketing)
- Small and large offset press technology; small web
- Small and large platen and cylinder presses (letterpress; includes
  foil stamping, embossing, die cutting, auto-numbering, etc.)
- Screen printing
- Digital pagination and pre-press system specification, implementation and
  management.

Specialty:
Presentation kits (pocket folders, etc.) for technical marketing projects.

Credentials:
Worked with or for:  GTE, American Management Association, Honeywell,
and Intergraph; a variety of pre-press and letterpress tradeshops.

References, resume and personal information provided upon serious inquiry.

Note:
Since this is freelance, I am most interested in small-scale document
design and editing, or presentation kits.  


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Laura Pina - laura@alfa.b23a.ingr.com  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
From: jkenton@world.std.com (Jeff Kenton)
Subject: Re: Salary ranges wanted
Organization: Kenton Systems Corporation, Weston MA
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 18:12:29 GMT

In article <153pp1INNj9k@cs.utexas.edu> wardrb@cs.utexas.edu (Richard Byron Ward) writes:
>A friend of mine is getting into the contracting business for the first
>time and has found a contract position in LA that is a good fit.  After
>presenting his salary requirements, my friend was asked to justify the 
>rate.  Is this common practice?  The firm apparently wants some kind of
>list of people that charge comparable rates.
>

This is not really common practice -- it's a sign of a company that isn't
used to dealing with consultants.  Tell your friend to be polite, but firm.


-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
=			Jeff Kenton	(617) 894-4508			=
=			    jkenton@world.std.com			=
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: bolman@ispi.COM (COR Management Services)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
Subject: EXPERIENCED FOXPRO CONSULTANT SOUGHT FOR FINANCIAL FIRM (RECRUITER)
Date: 21 Jul 92 20:38:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: COR Management Services

A top-ten investment bank needs a consultant with a strong
FOXPRO background.  The firm is a major player in the
derivatives business.  The project is global in scale, and
this will be a long term assignment.
 
The position involves helping to build trading, analytical,
risk management, and processing system for commodities,
currencies, interest rate swaps, options, futures, and
synthetic securities.  The system is being built in
DOS/C/FOXPRO, but will late be ported to SUNOS.
 
The main requirement, other than strong FOXPRO 2.0
knowledge, is experience with LARGE SCALE system
development.  
 
Compensation will be highly competitive.
 
Contact:  Ari Fox
          COR Management Services
          420 Lexington Avenue, suite 2532
          New York, NY  10170
          Phone: 212-599-2640
          FAX: 212-599-3048
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
From: zdem0a@hgo7.hou.amoco.com (Donna Martz)
Subject: Re: skills worksheet
Organization: Amoco
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 14:36:08 GMT

victor@mephisto.tcs.com (Victor Elkind) writes:

>I am curious if anyone out there who contracts through a jobshop
>ever got work through an agency that asked you to fill out a skills
>worksheet?  I feel that a resume should be sufficient for an agent 
>worth his pay to match a prospective job with an applicant.
>Any comments?

I have been a contractor for approx. 8 years, working through agencies
and independently.  Consequently, I have experience with most types of
shops and even worked (briefly) as a recruiter.   I have NEVER had a
positive experience dealing with a jobshop which asked me to fill out
a worksheet.  In fact, a cannot recall ever getting an interview through
an agency which did this.   In my experience, any agency too lazy to 
extract data from a resume (and/or an interview) is unlikely to deal 
with reputable employers.

Also, I would advise you to insist on receiving a copy of any resume
distributed by an agency.  I have known agencies to turn my resume into
a work of fiction, or use a presentation so bad as to be embarrassing.

I also have had the unhappy experience of wasting my time visiting an 
agency which insisted I return for a second interview before they would 
consider placing me.  When they called two weeks later to inquire why a 
had not scheduled a second appointment, I (truthfully) informed them that 
while they were dallying, I had found a job.
Xref: sparky misc.jobs.contract:2669 misc.jobs.offered:9309 tx.jobs:284
From: kevin@aisg.uucp (Kevin Levi Jackson)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract,misc.jobs.offered
Subject: FL: UNIX/C/X software engineers (Contractor/Recruiter)
Date: 27 Jul 92 23:17:55 GMT
Reply-To: aisg!kevin@ge-dab.ge.com
Organization: Advanced Information Systems Group, Inc.

Advanced Information Systems Group, Inc., AISG, is a professional services
firm addressing the needs of the UNIX community. We offer a generous
benefit package including major medical and profit sharing.  Most positions
are in Florida, but we also have opportunities available in Atlanta,
Washington D.C. and other areas.

We are currently seeking proven professionals with the following credentials:

Software Engineer
   B.S./M.S. E.E./C.S. and 2+ years industry experience
   with 1-2 years experience developing networking 
   applications using X-windows. In depth experience in
   C and UNIX is required.

   Please use subject line in all responses.
 
For fastest consideration, email your resume in ASCII or Postscript form to: 
 
               aisg!kevin@ge-dab.ge.com
 
or mail/fax hardcopy to:
 
                Advanced Information Systems Group, Inc.
                Attn: Personnel
                P.O. Box 10791
                Daytona Beach, FL 32120
                Fax: (904) 255-0187
Xref: sparky misc.jobs.contract:2577 misc.jobs.offered:8945
From: root@dcprinc.UUCP (Superuser)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract,misc.jobs.offered
Subject: Sys. Admin. for MVS and AIX in Washington D.C. Met Area
Date: 21 Jul 92 19:30:07 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Distribution: usa
Organization: Princeton Information Ltd. Washington D.C.

About the job:
	Our client in MD has a very long term (2+ years) contract
	available for a lab manager/system administrator.

Requirements:
	Working experience with both IBM mainframe running MVS/TSO
	and RS/6000 running AIX.
	RECF is a plus.

Reply:
	Send your resume to
	
	FAX:	703 556 9414 (ATTN: Curt)
	E-MAIL:	curtn@dcprinc.UUCP
Xref: sparky misc.jobs.contract:2609 misc.jobs.offered:9070
From: chetans@agora.rain.com (Northwest Software Inc.)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract,misc.jobs.offered
Subject: GUI Software Engineer [Motif, Sun, CASE, C++], Portland, OR *1-month contract*
Date: 23 Jul 92 21:48:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: agora.1992Jul23.214800.5646
Distribution: usa
Organization: Open Communications Forum


 PLEASE RESPOND DIRECTLY VIA U.S. MAIL, EMAIL,  OR FAX

	*********************************************
	*               Motif Engineer              *
	*********************************************

DESCRIPTION:
 
 1 to 2 months long project, anticipated to start in July, Portland,
 OR. As part of this project, you will be involved in developing
 the GUI screents for a Risk management system. Computer environment is
 SUN/Unix workstations, the company is developing a product based on
 Motif.
  
 Required:  3 to 4 years of industrial experience.  Strong
 experience programming in C, Motif and X libraries.  BSCS or
 equivalent.

 Desired: Experience with CASE.  C++ programming experience.

INTERESTED ?  RESPOND IN STRICT CONFIDENCE TO:

		Northwest Software, Inc.
		Attn: Job#: MOTIF Engr.
		P.O. Box 91396
		Portland, OR 97291-0396

		FAX: 503-645-5892

		Email: chetans@agora.rain.com


		Note: It is our policy to talk to you first prior to 
		submitting you to our clients.  Unless we obtain your 
		permission, we will not submit your resume to anyone.
		    
		(If you are not a perfect match, we prefer that you 
		 mail us your resumes.  We will maintain it on our files
		 for future contract/employment jobs.  Thanks for your
		 understanding and cooperation)

MESSAGE TO NEW COLLEGE GRADUATES:

If you are a new college graduate, you should be aware that our clients
pay our fees and usually expect us to recruit experienced professionals
and/or consultants.  Therefore, we'd like to suggest that you either
contact your college placement center, or college recruiters at the
employers' directly.  Most large companies have a program to recruit new
college graduates like yourself.

ABOUT NORTHWEST SOFTWARE, INC.

Northwest Software, Inc. (NSI) provides Consulting Services 
to top-rated high technology companies across the United States.  
NSI has offices in Portland (Oregon), Los Angeles, and India.  NSI's
spectrum of services include: turn-key implementation of projects either
at our client's site or in India, and recruitment services.
Xref: sparky misc.jobs.contract:2630 misc.jobs.resumes:4786
Organization: Scientific Placement, Inc.
X-Charset: MACINTOSH
From: ARS@spiScientific (Ariel Strichartz)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 16:43:05 CST    
Subject: Mac to VAX connectivity con 
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
Distribution: na

Memo from Ariel Strichartz at Scientific Placement Inc._      7/23/92
 Regarding:      Mac to VAX connectivity contract  - SF 
Immediate need by San Francisco financial firm for a software engineer to
complete the bridge between Macintoshes and VAXes.  Ethernet based network. 
Very competitive rates for quick start individual!!

Direct responses to:
Dan Redwine
SP Services, Box 19949, Houston, TX  77224
713-496-6100  713-496-6802 (fax)
DAR@Scientific.com -or- D1580@APPLELINK.APPLE.COM
Applelink:  D1580

Ariel Strichartz
Scientific Placement, Inc., Box 19949, Houston, TX 77224
713-496-6100   713-496-6802 (fax)
ARS@Scientific.com -or- D1580@APPLELINK.APPLE.COM
Applelink: D1580
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
From: cliff@pencom.uucp (Cliff Kahan)
Subject: CONTRACT POSITIONS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK
Organization: Pencom Systems Incorporated
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 17:17:39 GMT

Pencom Systems is currently looking for several qualified engineers with the 
following skillsets to work on site in upstate New York:


	*Develop new STREAMS based communication subsystems/drivers


	*Develop new components/features for NFS


Length: 12 months or longer

Sorry, these are not entry level positions

Pencom Systems Incorporated is an 19 year old software services company
that is leading the charge into open systems and systems integration
with offices is Austin, Boston, New York, Virginia and San Jose.

For immediate consideration on these and other opportunities
Email or FAX your resume to:

	Cliff Kahan
	Pencom Systems Inc.
	150 Broadway  Suite 600
	New York, NY 10038

	FAX: 212-227-1854
	PHONE: 212-513-7777
	Email: uunet!pencom!cliff
               cliff@pencom.com

Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract,misc.jobs.misc,misc.jobs.contract
From: pmajumda@shearson.com (Partha Majumdar)
Subject: JOB offers
Organization: Lehman Brothers
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 13:48:30 GMT



	I am posting this article for my friend and therefore please direct 
	all responses to the address listed below.

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


	Tech-Alert Inc. a rapidly growing national recruiting firm is
	looking to provide our clients with candidates for the following
	positions:


	===================================================================

     ** Permanent Positions, in North Carolina (near Research Triangle Park).  

				Relocation offered!!


	1. System Administrator
	-----------------------
	Candidate should have a strong background in working under various 
	hardware platforms with different operating systems.  Also, should
	have experirence in one or more of the following areas:  

		- Operating system installation
		- System configuration
		- Network tuning
		- NFS, PC-NFS
		- Network Bridges
		- TCP/IP
		- Macintosh
		- UNIX/C


	2. Telecommunication Field Engineer
	-----------------------------------
	Candidate should have 5+ years of experience with DLC (Digital Loop
	Carrier), Transmission equipment or switches.


	===================================================================

     **	Contract positions in North Carolina (near Research Triangle Park)


	1. Junior Software Consultant
	-----------------------------
	Candidate should have 1+ experience with UNIX/C.  Experience in C++, 
	Object oriented Methodology, or real time systems is a plus but not 
	required.  The candidate will be responsible for coding and testing 
	a real time instrumentation system.


	2. Junior Software Consultant
	-----------------------------
	Candidate should have 2+ experience with UNIX/C.  Experience in C++
	and/or relational database is a plus but not required.  Candidate 
	will be responsible for coding and testing software for a 
	telecommmunications system.

	
     **	Both of the positions above offers excellent opportunities to launch
	a consulting career with diverse assignments as well as financial
	rewards.

	
	3. Senior Software Consultants (2 openings)
	-------------------------------------------
	5+ experience in UNIX/C, ORACLE, database design experience are 
	required.  Knowledge of SQL*Forms, SQL*Plus, DBA skills, benchmarking,
	database tuning, and working with ASK based financial applications
	are all pluses but not required.


	===================================================================

	New York and New Jersey area:

	Junior and senior levels, contract and permanent positions available
	for candiadates with experience in one or more of the following areas:

		- UNIX/C
		- ORACLE
		- SYBASE
		- C++
		- Smalltalk-80
		- Financial applications
	

	===================================================================


	Rush your resume to:


		TECH-ALERT Inc.
		P.O. Box 16272
		Chapel Hill, NC 27516
		(919)-489-3012



     **	More opportunities will be posted in the near future...so stay tuned.
From: grog@adagio.UUCP (Greg Lehey)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
Subject: Re: skills worksheet
Date: 24 Jul 92 09:36:29 GMT
Organization: LEMIS, Schellnhausen 2, W-6324 Feldatal, Germany

In article <1992Jul21.073647.10537@tcsi.com> victor@mephisto.tcs.com (Victor Elkind) writes:
>I am curious if anyone out there who contracts through a jobshop
>ever got work through an agency that asked you to fill out a skills
>worksheet?
>I feel that a resume should be sufficient for an agent worth his pay
>to match a prospective job with an applicant.

I used to do a lot of hiring in the days when I thought management was
interesting, and I would have given a lot to have uniform,
well-thought-out pre'cis of the resume', such as a skill sheet might
be able to offer. I have often caught myself at not reading the
resume' properly; certainly it's difficult when you want to refer to
it while interviewing the candidate. When on the other side of the
table, my concerns are:

1. Is this skill sheet comprehensive enough to show off *my* skills
   adequately?

2. Will the prospective employer look at my resume' as well?

(1) is a question that you have to work out for yourself. When
considering (2), you should ask if your prospective employer will
examine your resume' properly if you *don't* supply a skill sheet. On
the whole, I think I would do it if I thought the skill sheet
appropriate. If I didn't, I would suggest that they fix the skill
sheet.

-- 
Greg Lehey                       | Tel: +49-6637-1488              
LEMIS                            | Fax: +49-6637-1489
Schellnhausen 2, W-6324 Feldatal, Germany
*** NOTE ***: Headers are mangled - reply to grog%lemis@Germany.EU.net
Xref: sparky misc.jobs.contract:2673 misc.jobs.offered:9316
From: kevin@aisg.uucp (Kevin Levi Jackson)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract,misc.jobs.offered
Subject: FL: UNIX/C/X software engineers (Contractor/Recruiter)
Date: 27 Jul 92 23:21:01 GMT
Reply-To: aisg!kevin@ge-dab.ge.com
Organization: Advanced Information Systems Group, Inc.

Advanced Information Systems Group, Inc., AISG, is a professional services
firm addressing the needs of the UNIX community. We offer a generous
benefit package including major medical and profit sharing.  Most positions
are in Florida, but we also have opportunities available in Atlanta,
Washington D.C. and other areas.

We are currently seeking proven professionals with the following credentials:

Software Engineer
   B.S./M.S. E.E./C.S. and 2+ years industry experience
   with 1-2 years experience developing networking 
   applications using X-windows. In depth experience in
   C and UNIX is required.

   Please use subject line in all responses.
 
For fastest consideration, email your resume in ASCII or Postscript form to: 
 
               aisg!kevin@ge-dab.ge.com
 
or mail/fax hardcopy to:
 
                Advanced Information Systems Group, Inc.
                Attn: Personnel
                P.O. Box 10791
                Daytona Beach, FL 32120
                Fax: (904) 255-0187
From: kevin@aisg.uucp (Kevin Levi Jackson)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract,misc.jobs.offered
Subject: Recruiter: CMS-2 programmers in Central Florida (Contractor)
Date: 27 Jul 92 23:17:47 GMT
Reply-To: aisg!kevin@ge-dab.ge.com
Organization: Advanced Information Systems Group, Inc.

We are currently looking for contractors with proven experience with the
CMS-2 system development. The successful candidate will possess skills to
design, code, test and integrate applications in CMS-2 and MTASS and 
familiar with MIL-STD 1679A and/or 2167A. Knowledge of PDL is also
essential.

The assignment is expected to start within 6 weeks and last 4-6 months with 
a possible extension. All work will be performed in the central Florida area.  

Please send all resumes via email or Fax, the 
need is immediate.

Resumes may be sent via e-mail to:

               aisg!kevin@ge-dab.ge.com

or fax resumes to 904-255-0187
From: lloyd-ritter@cup.portal.com (Lloyd-Ritter and Associates)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.contract
Subject: System Mgr/ Communications, mid pennin, recrtr
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 14:09:54 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: ba

Location of contract: mid penninsula
Estimated start date: end of august
Estimated length: 4-6 months +
Rate: based on experience (mid-sr level desired)
Skill reqts: 2-3 yrs unix sys mgt, Sun OS, Good understanding of computer 
  networks. Ethernet, gateways, routers, bridges. Prefer Sys V, OSI protocols

Please call Kathy at 415-964-6644 and fax 415-964-8719, no email please.