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Hello Zippy and Bob....... Its a great life isn't it?
In addition to - CM, Change, Problem, Build, Test, Deployment, CCB, Environment, ITIL, CMMi etc do you also keep preaching "Role Segregation".. I do!!!
On my first contract I thought I'd better work really hard.
I completed the 3 month project on day one. It was a while back and involved turning a single user Access Db into a 10-20 user intranet site.
I then spent 18 months on the same contract as all the other 25 business units at client co also had an Access Db that they wanted to use across their intranet. Each one took me about a day.
I quit after the 18 months as I could no longer think of anything work safe to Google.
We all know there are a lot of client manager types who regard you as a temp and expect you to behave just like one of the other drones. It can go down very badly if you deliberately act in a provocative manner. Nothing really wrong per se with that, but now isn't the best time to play the "I'm a contractor so I don't give a stuff what you think" card now is it? Self preservation is the order of the day ATM I feel.
I agree, that should be acceptable (and wanted to do that so many times at the start of current contract where i was just sat around) BUT the lad i was working with did that same thing a few times, just went home and said to phone him when they had some work. Fair enough, but went down really badly with the Manager and in the end she phoned up his agency and told them to tell him not to bother coming back. So even though the way you put it above sounds fair, clientco can see it differently.
All depends how you write your contracts I guess. Ours are written in such a way that if there is no work, we are not obliged to attend site, however if we are asked to attend daily & there is no work, it is chargable. Neither is the client obliged to provide work for us to do.
Guess it depends if the OP accepted a standard agency contract or, more sensibly, has a standard one of their own...
To use an example from elsewhere on thread...you wouldn't get a plasterer in to plaster a building with no walls & expect him to sit on his arse whilst you built them, would you?
I started a contract a few weeks back & on the first day they sat me in a meeting room with coffee - after an hour of waiting I just said my goodbyes & said we'd try again tomorrow when they could find their staff...invoiced them & was paid.
I agree, that should be acceptable (and wanted to do that so many times at the start of current contract where i was just sat around) BUT the lad i was working with did that same thing a few times, just went home and said to phone him when they had some work. Fair enough, but went down really badly with the Manager and in the end she phoned up his agency and told them to tell him not to bother coming back. So even though the way you put it above sounds fair, clientco can see it differently.
3 Coffees, and guy with the copy of visual studio isnt in until tomorrow.
So Im reverting to standard net surfing, but feel quilty bunking off on the first day, should I?
If there is no work to do, go home.
To use an example from elsewhere on thread...you wouldn't get a plasterer in to plaster a building with no walls & expect him to sit on his arse whilst you built them, would you?
I started a contract a few weeks back & on the first day they sat me in a meeting room with coffee - after an hour of waiting I just said my goodbyes & said we'd try again tomorrow when they could find their staff...invoiced them & was paid.
Are you familiar with their test policies?
Are you familiar with their coding standards?
Have you read and made notes on all existing design documents?
What is the process for integrating code into a build?
How do they do deployments to test and pre-production environments?
Do you fully understand the data model?
Have you been introduced to the relevant people in test, configuration management, production?
Do you have required logins to source control, CM repositories, document management systems, Intranet etc?
Fook me, there's loads you could be doing instead of nothing.
Wow a proud moment for the Pogle - I actually did all of that in the first two days I was here. Scary
Are you familiar with their test policies?
Are you familiar with their coding standards?
Have you read and made notes on all existing design documents?
What is the process for integrating code into a build?
How do they do deployments to test and pre-production environments?
Do you fully understand the data model?
Have you been introduced to the relevant people in test, configuration management, production?
Do you have required logins to source control, CM repositories, document management systems, Intranet etc?
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