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I am looking for contracting companies hiring programmers/developers.
Any recommendations?
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Most of my connections are from personal network (been on the same gig since 2003).
Are you looking for work?
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Yes. Just quit my current job as the boss is a real a** h***
Can send you a resume, if you like.
Thank you for your reply.
ed
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Quote: Yes. Just quit my current job as the boss is a real a** h***
Quite risky for such a statement as long you have your employer in your profile? 
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flexjobs.com. [^] I know people that have found great gigs from this site. Costs $ subscription per year, but effective.
you may also want to get a premium LinkedIn account. I have one, and it has been super helpful for me.
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Thank you. I will look into it.
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My idea of marketing myself as a contractor: "I may be a whore, but I ain't cheap."
Software Zen: delete this;
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Yes. Me too. That is an avenue I am pursuing, currently.
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I appreciate being put on "Hot Threads.
However, I don't find the caption "
"Why don't you get a haircut and get a real job?" to be a laughing matter.
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That's a line from a song by George Thorogood and the Destroyers.
Bond
Keep all things as simple as possible, but no simpler. -said someone, somewhere
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Funny Note...
You probably have a decent haircut by 1970s standards...
And you are LOOKING for a job...
So, the comment kinda nailed it. It simply brought up a memory, and it made me look.
I thought NOTHING less of you upon reading the comment, because the comment is the kind of sh!t I say!
Good Luck!
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Long-haired, freaky-looking people need not apply.
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I replaced my 4 year old iPhone yesterday. Unlike the happy dancing people on TV, I do not get excited about a new device (PC, Phone, ...) The whole process of getting the new device set up to work just like the one it replaced is a series of slow, frustrating steps. Maybe showing once again that I'm old. 
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Craig Robbins wrote: that I'm old
It's the mileage. I'm 33, I'm in computers since the late 90s, I lost the excitement for new equipment* in the 2010s, replaced by the frustration of setting it up.
*Well, not lost lost, but it's definitely milder and temperated by the effort required.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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A new PC was great back in the day, when it meant your startup time got shorter by a few seconds, you could play the newest games, and you got a new OS that definitely looked better than the previous one (32 colors? 64 colors!? TRUE COLORS!?).
Don't forget the bigger monitor with a better resolution that actually made a difference!
And the switch from floppy to CD to CD-RW and DVD and Blu-Ray, or finally a USB!
Back then a new PC meant you got something definitely better (well, save for Vista) 
A new PC now means it has a new OS that looks and feels pretty much like the old one, you probably won't notice a huge difference in performance, but it'll cost you a day getting all your tools re-installed 
A new resolution just means your code doesn't end at 3/4 of your screen, but halfway.
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Sander Rossel wrote: A new resolution just means your code doesn't end at 3/4 of your screen, but halfway.
Crying in 150% magnification with 1920x1080 on a 22" screen.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Haven't bought a new desktop machine this century, I think. Do they still have that "new computer" smell?? ![Rose | [Rose]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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Likewise.
I have bought new bits for the existing one though: an extra monitor here, a better graphics card there. A new SSD; a new motherboard, processor and ram; a new case; a new PSU; a new keyboard; ...
But at least two electrons are still original. Probably. And I suspect there are still bits of the original Win XP installation in there somewhere!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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If you ran the lurking “System Restore”, it would not recognize any of the newer components.
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Sounds like Trigger’s brush in Only Fools and Horses 😂
modified 6-Sep-22 21:01pm.
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Sander Rossel wrote: ...you could play the newest games...
I can do that with my old box as well, so why buy a new one at all? And I think I will now jump into my Marauder and go visit the Capellans. What a shame if I could only do thet when I buy a new computer.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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How so?
Games get a lot more complex and so do computers, you can't expect a 20 year old PC to run the newest games 
I remember getting a new PC so I could play Neverwinter Nights 2 and Mass Effect and about six years later another new PC so I could play Skyrim.
Back then pretty much all my PC's specs at least doubled.
I could probably still play most of the newest games on the Skyrim PC, although not on its highest settings.
If I buy a new PC now I probably have the same amount of memory, storage, etc. as five years ago.
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My PC may be around 12 years old, but it still keeps up. Only one of the drives and the graphics card failed at some point and had to be replaced, the rest is still the original configuration. But it's true, the times when every new box had some fundamentally new capabilities compared to the older computers are now over. One more reason to like the old boxes. At least they had strengths and weaknesses that distinguished them from all others.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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