NYCPHP Meetup

[leam at reuel.net]

On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 04:43:40PM -0500, inforequest wrote:
> I am curious - is this really the state of the job market for 
> programmers these days?
> 
> Here is a post that clearly states the employer wants a full-time, 
> on-site programmer to work as directed on the core product of a new 
> business, and even requires "significant night and weekend effort". And 
> it quite clearly states it is to be "contract work" for an "independent 
> contractor".

(snip)

I thought it's the normal solution, just like any piece-work job. I'm doing the same thing, and yeah the taxes bite. You also have to file taxes 4 times a year.  :(

But at the same time, I think many employees get shafted even worse for long hours with no OT. At least as a contractor you get paid for those hours.

ciao!

leam