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(01) 716 285 0414

I am trying to deal with labor-employer/client relations in a manner which is fair, equitable, and yes gracious. For some, operating in a master-slave rather than a peer-peer model of production, an aperception of arrogance or defensiveness may occur. Other than not being arrogant or defensive there is little I can do about this. I generally send text specific to solicitations in response to the first message specifically addressed to me. Below is general text for the 3 broad classes of solicitors.

• General Client

  
  Hi,
   
    I'm a Sr. SW Engineer in upstate NY. Rate range is from € 30/hr for  retained support to  € 60/hr for  all inclusive
    and  on-site rate  in  North America,  € 100/hr elsewhere.  A  minimum  of  two 8 hour days for on-site in the North
    Central US and Canada, 5 days elsewhere. I always require some payment before delivering service to new  clients and
    generally  can give  net  30 terms thereafter. 
  
    I can normally give fixed cost bids for already well defined tasks. If you are not an experienced technical manager,
    you may want to keep these facts in mind when considering the cost of IT labor: 1) what it costs for other skilled/
    professional labor (e.g. auto mechanics), 2) the well known high risk and failure rate of IT projects; with 30 years
    experience I can often guarantee my work and generally take a fraction of the time of a less experienced worker and
    3) by low balling your work you may end up paying considerably more or not completing the project at all. Also with
    respect to  the  focus many buyers have on specific packages, I generally find the time familiarizing myself with a
    new package is a fraction of the time spent analysing the project requirements, existing codebases, etc.
  
   <- Jobbing calendar use: root@ai-integration.biz/stak3Holder or your account if not logged in to gmail. 
  

• Canadian Employer ( Or a U.S. one with benefits somehow equivalent.)

  
  Hi,
   
    I'm a  Sr. SW Engineer in the Niagara region applyng for the subject job. I am open to being a T4 or W2 employee and
    have done so recently (as W2) though most of my career has been as a contractor, either independent or  thru various
    3rd parties. Regardless of the circumstances of hire, I retain  an  entrepreneurial outlook, and essentially look at 
    these gigs as 1 to 3 year contracts. My longest association with a single compay was with IBM (as a contractor thru
    various job shops) over a three distinct periods with a combined length of about 7 or 8 years in the 80s and 90s.
  

• Recruiter or other Job Broker

  
  Hi,
   
    If you are a 3rd party that can't verify your  clients interest  first using the resume link to your left before your
    first communication addressed specifically to me then you are wasting your time here.
  
    I generally do not deal with third parties. Recruiters who are hired by an Employer on a retainer basis and of course
    in house recruiters are an exception (because they're not third parties).  Contract shops that aren't essentially Job
    Brokers are also not third parties (in effect thier clients become the third party). You are welcome to send my resume
    under your name if you can access it here and I have no problem with your collecting a fee and will notify you if I do
    close with a buyer/employer as a result of your efforts.