BizCard

I generally send text specific to solicitations in response to the first message specific to me. Below is general text for the 3 broad classes of solicitors.

• Canadian or U.S. Employer

  
  Hi,
   
    I'm a  Sr. SW Engineer in upstate NY applying for the subject job. I am open to being a T4 or W2 employee and have
    done so recently though most of my career has been as a contractor, either independent or thru various resellers.
    Regardless of the circumstances of hire/compensation, 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 combined period of about 7 or 8 years in the 80s and 90s.
  

• General Client

  
  Hi,
   
    I'm a Sr. SW Engineer in upstate NY. Rates range: from $35/hr for retained support to $75/hr for  all inclusive and
    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.
  
    If no resume was sent it is because you did not request one or asked for no attachments but you can easily get from
    the navigation to your left with web portfolio and other items.
  
    Availability to accept new clients subject to change without notice (have to say that for legal reasons).
  

• Recruiter or other Job Broker

  
  Hi,
   
    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.