Brian Peasland wrote:
>>> Except if you want to work in Gov't.. This mentality (limited
>>> quality, more work) is what keeps developers there many years after
>>> they should have moved on.. Take it from someone who is witnessing it
>>> in real time!!
>>
>> Agreed. Then on the other hand the government employees all shrug
>> their shoulders and wonder why the tax payers want to lynch them.
>>
>
> Federal or state level? I work in the fed govt sector and pretty much
> all IT staff, including developers, are being replaced by contractors.
> It's much easier to get rid of a poorly performing contractor than a
> civil servant. Especially, when the contract's dollar value is partially
> determined by performance.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Brian
Sounds good but in the City of Seattle's IT it is a well known fact
that they retain incompetent contractors because "they might have
some knowledge that they can't afford to lose." Yeah! Knowledge on
how to work the system. The problem most often is that IT management
knows so little about IT they their most common reaction is fear and
they act like a deer in the headlights: Frozen in place.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org
Received on Tue Jul 25 2006 - 23:34:36 CDT
