GAMA-1 Technologies is yet another company to blacklist. Even if you aren’t a member of the Software Contractor’s Guild, I’m going to share this with you. What makes it worse is the fact these guys are government contractors and most gigs require clearance so they should be held to a higher standard than Indian firms. Obviously the GAO doesn’t police contractors well. A casual reader who doesn’t work in IT might read this blog, not … Yet Another Company to BlacklistRead more
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Avoid ALKU like AIDS
If you are an IT consultant with any skills, especially in the embedded systems world, you are going to encounter ALKU. They are almost as bad as Zoom Technical. You will find yourself blocking their domains on your email server, not just your email client. You will also find yourself blocking all their phone numbers. With Zoom they badger you a few days per week trying to find “one skill” for a client that needs … Avoid ALKU like AIDSRead more
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What Indian Firms are Looking to Pay U.S. Citizens
I kid you not, this opening popped up on Dice. Indian firms looking for U.S. Citizens. Keep in mind this is for a Senior developer and apparently you only need 5 years for that. That explains all of the failed projects you hear about and all of the shit candidates you have to interview. This low-skill off-shore shit has been a problem for years. In a COBOL shop you can be there 10 years and … What Indian Firms are Looking to Pay U.S. CitizensRead more
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Why IT Consultants Won’t Work in Chicago
During the 1980s and into the mid-1990s there were IT consultants who would take corporate housing, or some other dwelling type in the Naperville area and schlep into Chicago on the train. Many ended up buying homes and permanently relocating. It wasn’t just Naperville, but any Chicago suburb which had express train service. Billing rates “in the city” were about $10/hr higher. People ignored the fact they were wasting 45 minutes of their life each … Why IT Consultants Won’t Work in ChicagoRead more
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Scrum Destroys Consulting Firms
Agile and Scrum are quickly destroying the human species, I’ve even written a book about it. Here is how it is single-handedly destroying IT consulting firms. I’ve been at IT consulting for over 30 years now and watched as Agile rotted firms from the inside out. What destroyed them (and most IT projects) was the adoption of scrum. How I know Just being an IT consultant for over 30 years doesn’t give a person this … Scrum Destroys Consulting FirmsRead more