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----- Forwarded message from Aahz <aahz -at- pythoncraft -dot- com> -----
> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.techwr-l
> Subject: Re: Contracting question
> Date: 19 May 2002 15:12:17 -0400
>
> In article <20020501210009 -dot- 83501 -dot- qmail -at- web21507 -dot- mail -dot- yahoo -dot- com>,
> Diya Krish <diya_krish -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
>>
>>If I find a better, stable job, can I stop a contract mid-way?
>
> Seems to me that there are two separate questions here:
>
> * Can you stop a contract in the middle? Yeah, but like everyone else
> here, I'd recommend against it.
>
> * Can you stop working for a company before the project is finished?
> This one's a lot trickier, IMO. As someone else said, having another
> completed project in your portfolio is almost always to your advantage.
> But if the contract is finished and the project isn't, you need to
> figure out where your long-term advantage lies.
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