Re: Finding Off-Site Work

[Stuart Burnfield <slb -at- FS -dot- COM -dot- AU>]

Bill Brucksch <bbruck -at- HALCYON -dot- COM> wrote:
> One tip that I saw in the archives recently involved the following:
> Read through the paper and find companies that are hiring
> programmers. About two weeks after the ads appear, write the
> companies and tell them that you understand they're ramping up to
> create new software and that you'd like to help with the
> documentation of the software.

Then Melissa Hunter-Kilmer <mhunterk -at- BNA -dot- COM> wrote:
> I have seen this tip before, and it sounds as if it should work, but I
> have never heard of anybody who tried it.  I would be very interested
> to hear first-hand accounts of how well the tip actually works in the
> marketplace.

I hired someone on this basis. He saw our ad for a technical position
and asked if he could talk to the person responsible for documentation
(me). It just happened that we had some extra work coming up so I
interviewed and hired him on an occasional contract basis. He worked
for us on and off for about 18 months before moving on to other things.

He was a terrific worker and a lovely guy and we were sad to lose him.

So, this tip worked for him and for me.

Regards
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