| Title: | The Digital way of working |
| Moderator: | QUARK::LIONEL ON |
| Created: | Fri Feb 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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This has been probably discussed before in this conference, but
I can't seem to guess which note title would contain this discussion...
There seems to be a lot of talk going on about 'opportunities in the
field'. I've seen things like assignments that last from several weeks
to several months, each working on short projects with customers all
over the U.S. These assignments are generally project management
type positions where DEC manufacturing (or etc.) experience could be
put to use by a customer.
It would seem to me that this offers an excellent career opportunity,
but only if one could string together several of these assignments.
Are there enough of these assignments to assure one that another would
appear once one has wrapped up? Who pays for this, does your cost
center get re-imbursed, or are you constantly moving from one cost
center to the next as you change assignments?
I could see people wanting to do this for a year or two, working on
several different projects, and then wanting to return to a more
permanent position (that's how I see it anyway).
Anybody have any comments?
JP
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| 1031.1 | ULTRA::GONDA | DECelite: Pursuit of Knowledge, Wisdom, and Happiness. | Sat Feb 17 1990 18:34 | 4 | |
See note 765.*. If I am guessing corectly then the program
you are looking for is called ``All hands on DEC'' program.
You cost center pays for you while you are on assignment.
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| 1031.2 | 911 system | GLDOA::GARRETT | Sat Feb 17 1990 18:59 | 9 | |
If you are already in the field, there is something else that gives the
same results. That is the 911 system. If a software delivery manager
has a service to deliver, but does not have the resources to deliver
it, then he will post a 911 on the network. Any manager with available
people can respond and possibly deliver the service. The unit
delivering the service gets the revinue and covers the cost.
I am not a manager but have deliveried some of these services.
There may be variations on revinue and cost handling.
Curtis
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| 1031.3 | BOXTOP::KING | Mid-Range Systems Business Group / dtn: 293-5677 | Sun Feb 18 1990 13:27 | 7 | |
There are other opportunities which are out in the field. I do not
know the details, however recently our cost center manager asked us if
we were interested in going on short assignments in the U.S. or
Europe. These assignments are at customer sites. This may in fact be
related to the 911 system described in .2
Bryan
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| 1031.4 | Come to Minneapolis; we're looking for lots of good people | MUSKIE::SCOTTG | Greg Scott, Minneapolis SWS | Fri Mar 09 1990 23:10 | 31 |
Minneapolis is about as "in the field" as it gets. And, last I
heard, we have about a zillion full time permanent openings for
Sales Support and SWS - er, ah, I mean EIS - Delivery people. And, as
a typically overworked and underpaid software grunt, I can tell you we
really *do* need more people here.
You know the ads, where they talk about dynamic, fast paced, high
tech environments? Well, we really have one here. We have 3 major
RFP responses going on, a trade show to run next week, several customer
demos, and at least one ongoing multi-million dollar EIS Delivery
effort.
We are losing business here because we can't cover everything we
need to cover. One of our senior networking people is now dedicated
to supporting a major DECnet phase V Field test site for the next
several months. So now, this person can't go on as many sales calls
and speak IBM SNA-ese with the MIS directors. Every time an RFP
comes in, we have to scramble and work like crazy to put together
a credible response.
If you like dealing with customers and potential customers, becoming
the "expert" on just about every dad-blamed product that exists,
and working on a zillion things at the same time, then call or write.
If you speak VMS-ese, ULTRIX-ese, any dialect of PC-ese (MS-DOS,
OS/2, MAC), workstation-ese, or any dialect of network-ese (DECnet,
OSI, TCP/IP, SNA), or if you know how to program in some language,
then come to sunny Minneapolis. The weather is *always* nice here,
and the people are warm even if the climate isn't.
- Greg Scott
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| 1031.5 | XLIB::HOLT | Robert Holt ISV Atelier West | Tue Mar 13 1990 19:42 | 6 | |
What can you afford to pay?
If you pay enough, and if the housing is affordable,
you'll find some, no doubt...
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| 1031.6 | Lotsa openings in MPO! | SMOOT::ROTH | Somthing has to be done about this! | Fri Mar 16 1990 10:53 | 28 |
.4 isn't kidding... look at this list: 1 SITE MPO 12ZZ WAGE CLASS 4 UNCLASSIFIED at MPO 2 SITE MPO 12ZZ WAGE CLASS 4 UNCLASSIFIED at MPO 3 SITE MPO 48AF SALES EXECUTIVE 1 at MPO 4 SITE MPO 1207 DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR 3 at MPO 5 SITE MPO 24FX SALES SUPPORT SPEC 3 at MPO 6 SITE MPO 48AF SALES EXECUTIVE 1 at MPO 7 SITE MPO 52AC SOFTWARE SPECIALIST 3 at MPO 8 SITE MPO 40AM CUSTOMER ADMIN MANAGER 3 at MPO 9 SITE MPO 48C1 TELESALES ASSOCIATE 2 at MPO 10 SITE MPO 24FV SALES SUPPORT SPEC 1 at MPO 11 SITE MPO 52AM SOFTWARE SERVICES MGR 1 at MPO 12 SITE MPO 1213 SENIOR SECRETARY at MPO 13 SITE MPO 52AC SOFTWARE SPECIALIST 3 at MPO 14 SITE MPO 52AC SOFTWARE SPECIALIST 3 at MPO 15 SITE MPO 48AD SALES REPRESENTATIVE 2 at MPO 16 SITE MPO 52AD SOFTWARE SPECIALIST 4 at MPO 17 SITE MPO 52AB SOFTWARE SPECIALIST 2 at MPO 18 SITE MPO 48AF SALES EXECUTIVE 1 at MPO 19 SITE MPO 49ZM UNCLASSIFIED at MPO 20 SITE MPO 52AB SOFTWARE SPECIALIST 2 at MPO 21 SITE MPO 52AC SOFTWARE SPECIALIST 3 at MPO 22 SITE MPO 52AD SOFTWARE SPECIALIST 4 at MPO Can you say 'opportunity'? Lee | |||||