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Tag Archives: Consulting

IT Contractors: response to Kurt Cagle of O’Reilly

30-Dec-08

Kurt Cagle, online editor for O’Reilly Media, has written an extremely interesting article on the need for change in the world of IT contracting. He points out that a large portion of recent IT workforce cutbacks have been the discontinuation of contract workers. I discuss his conclusions, disagree with some, agree with others, and add some further ideas to move the discussion along. I talk about contractor workers collectives, telecommuting and more flexible, modular approaches than the 40 hour workweek.

Contractors and the Open Source Movement

30-Oct-08

Contract and consulting workers provide benefits to companies similar to those provided by open source software and organization paradigms. Open source and contracting both offer flexibility, reduced cost, modularity and more rapid service delivery.