Why go through all that work when sologig.com exists? ML --- Michael wrote: > I could do the site but I think an actual company > would be better as a lot > of companies don't feel comfortable dealing with > individuals or small > consultants or simply don't know that they want to > look for someone to > take care of their IT needs. You have to be more > aggressive in todays > economy. > > > I don't suffer from insanity... I enjoy every minute > of it. > > ;):):-):):-):):-)8') > Michael McGlothlin > http://mlug.missouri.edu/~mogmios/projects/ > > On Fri, 7 Jun 2002 KRFinch@dstsystems.com wrote: > > > > > I agree. > > > > Having worked for a small consulting company in > the past that got run out > > of business, I wholeheartedly agree. I remember > everyone working like > > crazy to drum up enough business keep everyone's > jobs, and there was just > > not quite enough work to keep us going. If there > were some sort of > > community forum out there we could have tapped > into to off-load some of our > > excess programming and IT capacity, I might still > be working there. > > > > The only problem is that every time that I have > seen someone start up that > > type of forum, they do so with the sole intention > of making a profit. They > > want fees to post jobs, fees to look at jobs, and > fees to take jobs. It > > ends up being cheaper for companies to use > head-hunters, the local > > newspaper or the yellow pages to find consultants, > so that's what they do. > > > > IMHO, the only way a forum like you describe could > be successful is if the > > person organizing it had no intention of ever > seeing any sort of financial > > rewards for doing it. With profit out of the > picture, I think it would > > make for a much more level playing field. The > side effect of free > > postings, however, is that every MLM/Spam/Pr0n > idiot will start making > > postings to the site in hopes of gaining more > dupes to line his pockets. > > Hence, the site would have to be heavily > moderated. > > > > So, all we need is to find a philanthropist with a > webserver and a lot of > > free time on his hands to moderate a site so other > people can find work. I > > think that's only going to happen if you have some > branch of the government > > do it, because I don't know too many independently > wealthy people that want > > to waste their days deleting Spam for the greater > good. The other option, > > of course, is to have a group take over the > moderation in shifts, or work > > out some sort of user moderation to help filter > out the chaff... > > > > My $0.0195, rounded up. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Kevin Finch > > Network Administrator > > DST Systems, Inc. > > 816/435-6039 > > krfinch@dstsystems.com > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael > > To: Derric Goodwin > > > .edu> > cc: kclug@kclug.org > > Sent by: > Subject: Re: What's wrong with the market? > > owner-kclug@marauder.i > > lliana.net > > > > > > 06/07/2002 05:11 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What we need is some sort of organization that > lets us pool our efforts so > > we can offer clients more options than any one of > us alone could offer and > > also make some collective effort to find new > clients. Everyone needs IT. > > It's just a matter of finding out what they need > and delivering it. Sort > > of a Co-Op agency/consultancy. It seems to me IT > is still doing well but > > most of the work is going to big corporate IT > shops rather than us little > > guys. > > > > > > I don't suffer from insanity... I enjoy every > minute of it. > > > > ;):):-):):-):):-)8') > > Michael McGlothlin > > http://mlug.missouri.edu/~mogmios/projects/ > > > > On 7 Jun 2002, Derric Goodwin wrote: > > > > > The job market here in KC is terrible now for > IT folks. > > > I recently moved from Silicon Valley (few months > ago) to KC because the > > > job market out there was just plain ridiculous. > I was sending 6 to 10 > > > resumes a day after I was laid off for weeks... > > > > > > There were many jobs being posted but the HR > folks were being swamped > > > with literally thousands of replies to each job > posting. > > > > > > I am just now starting to get e-mails now from > my Monster account (now > > > that I don't need it...lol). > > > > > > It does look like jobs are picking up on the > west coast. Will probably > > > take a long time to trickle back to us in KC... > > > > > > > > > Derric Goodwin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > KC Linux Users Group -- to unsubscribe send mail > to majordomo@kclug.org > > > Enter without the quotes in body of message > > > > > > > > > > > KC Linux Users Group -- to unsubscribe send mail > to majordomo@kclug.org > > Enter without the quotes in body of message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > KC Linux Users Group -- to unsubscribe send mail > to majordomo@kclug.org > > Enter without the quotes in body of message > > > > > > majordomo@kclug.org > Enter without the quotes in body of message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com