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Subject:Re: Time Standards on Contractors From:"Anthony Markatos" <tonymar -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:jbyrd -at- byrdwrites -dot- com, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Tue, 21 Mar 2000 08:04:28 PST
Jo Francis Byrd said:
If you're gonna be a contractor, you have to abide by the golden rule: the
clients gots the gold, the clients makes the rules.
Tony Markatos responds:
As a former air traffic controller (USAF), I truly prefer to work to a
predetermined set of rules - it makes life a lot easier. Can you imagine a
ruleless ATC system?
However, when doing TW contracting, I have often found that the client does
not have an adequate set of rules; he most often solicits me for a
significant number of rules (methods, procedures, etc.). I don't have any
firm rules, just suggested guidelines. So, I - per the customer - go that
route. Problem: My suggested guideline, at some point, violates some
UNSTATED client rule.
Tony Markatos
(tonymar -at- hotmail -dot- com)
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