Maybe tutoring ? ... just checking out my options
If anyone has any suggestions I'd be really interested to hear. Thanks.
If anyone has any suggestions I'd be really interested to hear. Thanks.
Is there such a thing as working or consulting on-line or remotely ?
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Lee Curzon
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There's RentaCoder, but the last time I looked, there were no Progress jobs (and it pays peanuts).
If you are speaking specifically about Progress, the problem is it's a small enough market already.
In a more relaxed environment, the boss may be happy with you spending a couple of days now and then working from home, but your best bet is probably to get in touch with a few agencies, and speak to them about the tele-working opportunities.
If you are speaking specifically about Progress, the problem is it's a small enough market already.
In a more relaxed environment, the boss may be happy with you spending a couple of days now and then working from home, but your best bet is probably to get in touch with a few agencies, and speak to them about the tele-working opportunities.
We, PRO-SYS, do perform quite a bit of remote work. In fact, we've done remote work (from Vancouver/Calgary, Canada) to Toronto (Canada), many states, and even some out of the country work. With Citrix, or other Telnet-like, connections it relatively easy to connect to their working environment.
The problem is finding the clients who are okay with this. Initially, some clients will enter into small projects to determine how well the relationship will work. Sometimes you will meet their expectations, other times it doesn't work so well.
The problem is finding the clients who are okay with this. Initially, some clients will enter into small projects to determine how well the relationship will work. Sometimes you will meet their expectations, other times it doesn't work so well.
Two days a week I work from home. I connect to my office with remote desktop over a NetScreen modem. Once connected to my work network I can also connect to customers of ours. This makes working at home virtually the same as working at my office.
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Progress_Guy
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The technology is certainly there and I tend do do out of hours support from home to my current company, but, my experience has been that few companies are comfortable with it and I think it unlikely that you'd find work unless you'd already 'proved' yourself with that company, e.g. as an ex-employee (who also plays golf with the MD) or a consultant who has worked with that company on a prior occasion.
I'd love to do it too, and we all know that it'd generally be cheaper for the employer and the employee, but, certainly here in the UK it is not widely accepted - primarily because it is so open to abuse.
Possibly things will change with time, but, I don't forsee it happening without a massive cultural change on the part of the employer and employee. For an industry that is so very far-sighted the IT industry can sadly also be very short-sighted. This would be perfect in England where we have the so-called North-South divide where most of the best and highly paid jobs are in the South (where, not unsurprisingly, the housing is higher priced) and yet the workforce in the North cannot afford to move/commute down tho the South and so the jobs tend to not get easily filled and the Northern chaps get the poorer work - ok I'll stop getting a little political now.
Just my bit.
I'd love to do it too, and we all know that it'd generally be cheaper for the employer and the employee, but, certainly here in the UK it is not widely accepted - primarily because it is so open to abuse.
Possibly things will change with time, but, I don't forsee it happening without a massive cultural change on the part of the employer and employee. For an industry that is so very far-sighted the IT industry can sadly also be very short-sighted. This would be perfect in England where we have the so-called North-South divide where most of the best and highly paid jobs are in the South (where, not unsurprisingly, the housing is higher priced) and yet the workforce in the North cannot afford to move/commute down tho the South and so the jobs tend to not get easily filled and the Northern chaps get the poorer work - ok I'll stop getting a little political now.
Just my bit.