Re: Consultant vs. Contractor

[Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- progeny -dot- com>]

John Fleming wrote:
 
> That is one of the nice things about contracting, isn't it?  Avoiding
> the bulk of the internal politics.  It's one of the reasons I became a
> contractor.

Except, of course, that your hiring can be the basis of internal
politics: one side can be in favor of hiring you, while the other
side thinks that all work should be done in-house. When you drop
into this position, you can find people snarling at you the first
time you meet them. Not a fun situation, believe me.

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Bruce Byfield 317.833.0313 bbyfield -at- progeny -dot- com
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