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To: John Mansfield who wrote (1722)	5/7/1998 8:44:00 PM
From: Steve Woas	Respond to of 9818

Lloyd's of London may have serious setback due to Y2K: reports.guardian.co.uk

To: John Mansfield who wrote (1722)	5/7/1998 8:55:00 PM
From: Steve Woas	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

Al Gore Missing in Action on Y2K: security-policy.org "How could it be, therefore, that the Administration's self-appointed Computer-Nerd-in-Chief is nowhere to be seen on what is, indisputably, the biggest information technology challenge of the 20th Century and the problem that threatens to blow up, at least temporarily, the bridge to the 21st?"

To: John Mansfield who wrote (1722)	5/9/1998 3:33:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

Computer upgrades lag as 2000 nears 'Thursday May 7 4:01 PM EDT Computer upgrades lag as 2000 nears By JENNIFER BROOKS WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) _ When the year 2000 rolls around, senior citizens, hospital patients and taxpayers could all feel the bite of the millenium bug. ... Unfortunately, the Treasury Department, which is responsible for issuing those checks, and most other government checks, is expected to have just 60 percent of its most critical sytems upgraded in time. ... A recent General Accounting Office audit sharply criticized the Health Care Financing System, which administers the Medicare and Medicaid programs, for barely beginning to draw up a plan to deal with the year 2000 problem, leaving just a year and a half to overhaul a system responsible for paying $288 billion in benefits. Federal agencies must deal not only with their own computer problems, but anticipate disruptions in computers they are linked to _ local and foreign governments, banks, businesses, hospitals and even home computers. ... dailynews.yahoo.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (1722)	5/9/1998 4:59:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

[RATES] Hamasaki: 'Re: RATES ON THE RISE!' During 1997 Cory Hamasaki has focussed a lot of attention of rates. The last 6 months or so we did not hear much about the predicted huge increases in rates (for programmers, that is). This is changing..very interesting discussion below. John ______ On Fri, 8 May 1998 09:27:28, "D. Scott Secor - Millennial Infarction Mitigator" <y2k@uswest.net.NO$PAM> wrote: > Interesting ... VERY interesting! It would appear that the "sleepy" markets > are awakening. > > I'm seeing a few armor chinks in the local market (Minneapolis/Saint Paul, > aka Silicon Valley North) as well. I recently attended a local > head-hunter-sponsored "Job Fair" and passed around my one-page resume (Y2K > Project Manager background). > > I began by asking $100/hr. ... not a flinch. Then I asked $125/hr. ... > still no flinches. Finally, $150/hr. cocked an eyebrow and caused a > singular "that seems a bit high" in response. This tells me that the > head-hunters would probably bill me out at $175-$225 (I charge less). Were > the rest of you local contract PMs listening to this? Doesn't sound high to me... but what do I know, I thought they should have paid $100/hour a year ago, stated that openly, and got flamed for it. While I have your attention, any company could have had their pick of the litter a year ago at $100/hour. Now, forget it, unless you're a personal friend or a long time client, and you cop a sub-100 attitude, get back to the end of the line. We're at 100/100, that's $100K/year W2 with benefits or $100/hour for consultants. Here's another metric for you, I called a company that I've worked with in the past, I need some short term work done by a couple of their specialists, as a favor, it's me; here's their price, $250/hour or $2,000/day plus expenses. > > I also have a sizable pool of COBOL-cranking associates from which to draw, > from $75/hr. (up by $10 in the past month). My quote is $10 to $20 lower > than what local body shops would charge for comparable talent. > > I also have a client that could use up to FIVE programmers who are > well-versed in assembler, billing at same rates. Any takers? Not at $75/hour... maybe Eastabrook would be willing to tn3270 in? Actually that might not be a bad arrangement. > > Interested parties can e-mail me for further details (strip my ".no$pam" > filter first). > > I believe that these rates will be viewed as being downright "nostalgic" in > another couple of months. The number of open positions is expanding, and > the talent pool is shrinking. Anyone want to guess the next level? My friends are quoting $250/hour to me. For you... $350??? > > Please be advised, we apply a local (albeit P.C.) courtesy known as > "Minnesota Nice" to everything we do in this State. Therefore, mandatory > overtime will hereafter be refered to as an "Ambiant Body Temperature > March". > > Ciao, > > > Scott Secor cory hamasaki ____ Subject: Re: RATES ON THE RISE! (was Re: Rates) Date: 8 May 1998 18:28:02 GMT From: kiyoinc@ibm.XOUT.net (cory hamasaki) Organization: IBM.NET Newsgroups: comp.software.year-2000 References: 1 , 2 , 3