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Re: Contracting confusion/frustration

Subject: Re: Contracting confusion/frustration
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 19:29:30 -0300


Stephanie -dot- Seveska -at- abbott -dot- com wrote:

Is this a problematic set-up? If I want to move forward in my career, should I
be working in this environment?
Move forward? To where? It's a mistake to think that you have to "move forward;" you might be happiest where you are. At any rate, I don't think that tech-writing offers that many chances for career advancement; unless you branch out into a different field, the hierarchy only has a few levels.

However, if you are positive that you want to advance, the answer to your question depends on where you want to go. If you want to become VP of marketing, then your situation might not help you much. But, if you want to be an independent contractor, then it might be useful.

I already feel as if I get the short end of the stick by having a "temp" service
impose their rules and regulations, but also I am treated more like a temp
than a technical contractor...
Don't forget: the way that the job site feel doesn't necessarily determine its usefulness on your resume. This job that you dislike could land you a better one in the same industry.

Am I supposed to just
sit by and ignore the frustrations, put up with being treated like a
snot-nosed kid who can't figure out a timecard? Or, did I just choose a bad
contracting company?
You may have chosen a bad company - not in any ultimate sense, perhaps, but a bad one for you. It happens.

However, one of the best things about contracting is that you know nothing lasts forever. For example, right now, I'm doing a short on-site job that I'm quickly coming to loathe. But I only have another couple of weeks of it, so I'm just gritting my teeth and lining up my next contracts. Planning that next contract helps keep me going. Is there any reason that you can't do the same?

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But when my eyes were open she had vanished once again
I chased her down the highway like lights across the sky
I was looking for perfection of a very basic kind."
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