Matt, you were reading my mind. I've sent an email to Tom to see if
he would be willing to come visit PADNUG again later this year. I
will let you all know.
Hope to see you all out next week at Patrick's source control
presentation. Also, I hope all of you recruiter folks feel compelled
to come out and mix with the developers for a while during pizza.
rich
--- In padnug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Matt Lyons" <matt@...> wrote:
>
> Tom Howe has spoken to PADNUG in the past. This next Tuesday, June
27th, he
> will be speaking at the Oregon Computer Consultants Association
meeting. The
> topic is "The Business Side of Consulting". See
> http://occa.org/cgi-bin/fullmtg.pl?mtgid=42 for details. Tom is a
great
> speaker and well worth the time.
>
> - Matt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: padnug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:padnug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of
> Todd Webster
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 11:46 AM
> To: padnug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: SPAM-LOW: RE: [padnug] Where do you find IT clients?
>
> I would like to see a meeting on this topic.
>
> Todd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: padnug@yahoogroups. <mailto:padnug%40yahoogroups.com> com
> [mailto:padnug@yahoogroups. <mailto:padnug%40yahoogroups.com> com]
On Behalf
> Of
> Justin Collum
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 11:34 AM
> To: padnug@yahoogroups. <mailto:padnug%40yahoogroups.com> com
> Subject: Re: [padnug] Where do you find IT clients?
>
> I think PADNUG is due for a seminar about selling yourself as a
> consultant.
> All small business owners need to wear the salesman/marketer hat
from time
> to time. Software guys would probably like to not have to think
about it
> though. My 2 cents.
>
> -- Justin
>
> On 6/22/06, Ben Strackany <bstrackany@yahoo. <mailto:bstrackany%
40yahoo.com>
> com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > First I want to thank those who have sent me emails with
suggestions
> > already, I really appreciate it!
> >
> > In addition to the info I've already gotten, do people have any
> > suggestions on how independent contractors or small IT companies
find
> > clients?
> >
> > I currently have a few consulting clients (mostly through
networking),
> but
> > I'm always interested in ways to grow. For example, do folks find
> contracts
> > through ORPIN? Do you find success calling up companies and
asking to
> speak
> > with their purchasing or IT department? Does the SBA offer
anything?
> Does
> > getting an Oregon ESB certification for your business help?
> >
> > Thanks again,
> >
> > Ben Strackany
> >
> > Ben Strackany <bstrackany@yahoo. <mailto:bstrackany%40yahoo.com>
com
> <bstrackany%40yahoo.com>> wrote: Hi
> > all,
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone had suggestions on good websites or
> associations
> > for finding software development contracts. I'm new to the area,
so I
> don't
> > know a lot of NW/Portland-specific ways.
> >
> > I know about Dice, Monster, CareerBuilder, Indeed, CraigsList,
> RentACoder,
> > AgaveBlue, and that often the best way to find work is through
> networking,
> > but I wanted to know if there were additional suggestions that
people
> were
> > willing to share.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Ben Strackany
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