Per Diem FAQ
Frontally Asserted Queries about the Day Jobbing Service ...
- What do you mean by 'Per Diem Jobbing'?
Per Diem jobs are task focused project work which is purchased in single day blocks.
- How many hours are in a standard professional day?
Zero, infinite, however many the performance task takes, whatever way you want to look at it. If it was an hourly rate it would be given as such.
- What guarantees come with this?
That depends on the structures supporting development/production for the work undertaken. If there are essentially no such structures then there are no guarantees and as is well known, project outcome depends on worker heroics. If you are developing within my frameword then you have guarantees which involve full refund of any fees within specified trial periods.
- Does a professional day correspond to a biz day in some region?
Yes and no. The primary performance period for the day is the associated calendar biz day wherever I am, typically the Niagara region of North America. Performance may span a longer period however as I normally provide period of follow on e-mail support.
- What is your personal availability? Can we see/hear you live?>
On-site in-person time is billed at the current all-inclusive hourly rate so that is inapplicable here. I do have a deskcam which can be best viewed with my IM of choice Yahoo. The day rate does not normally include voice support other than at during first contact or during a teleconference, e.g with gotomeeting.
- What is 'gotomeeting?
It is a service offering of Citrix which allows a teleconference where the participants can exchange control of one or more desktops. The client software is free and the organizer of the meeting (me in this case) pays the fees for use of the service. You can download the client for the service for your desktop here.
