BizCard

Text specific to individual solicitations sent with original response from me or in response to first message specifically directed to me.

• 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 so no resume but you can
    easily find in the navigation to your left.
  
    Availability to accept new clients subject to change without notice (have to say that for legal reasons).
  

• 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 oemployee 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 or 2 year contracts.
  

• 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).