Article: IT's Your Career

**Warprosper** · 03-12-11, 08:08 AM

You can view the page at http://www.teamplayergaming.com/cont...-s-Your-Career

**gatita_andy** · 03-12-11, 11:16 AM

O_O
wow war, indeed you are ....
very nice

**Hitch** · 03-12-11, 06:09 PM

When I was an IT contract consultant (last in 2000), the company billed us out at $200 to $250 per hour. They did not pay us $75 an hour, however, they did cover us if there was down-time.

The company made more per hour than 3X what we were worth to them.

I own my business now and still think the company (and many like them) I used to work for are screwing many of their employees. But to that I say: If you are "the MAN", or one of the ones who really gets off his sorry ass and gets the job done, then you will leave a company and either join a better partnership, or start your own.

Welcome to civilian life. You now have to watch out for people who take credit for other people's work.

Thank you for serving our country for 7 years. thank you for a well-written, logical post.

Hitch

**Potemkine** · 03-12-11, 06:57 PM

War, I love this article man. As a future IT person, the lessons you have taught here are absolutely invaluable to me. Thank you so, SO much for sharing your pearls of wisdom with us. I, for one, am grateful. But also for your service.

**Jonas Quin** · 03-12-11, 09:52 PM

Great post man, Im headed on a similar path it seems, IM in AFROTC now, hoping to go cyber core. But the time will come when i need to follow your footsteps, and jump out in the civilian world.

THanks for an informative read.

Jonas

**Warflagon** · 03-12-11, 10:49 PM

Very interesting assessment of the current worker and management dynamics.

Edit - dynamics better suited for the syntax.

**Drax1970** · 03-13-11, 09:09 AM

I'm guessing those photos are a before and after... if so a big WOW is due, very impressive.

**Savage** · 03-13-11, 09:52 AM

Great write up, also I like the pun for IT

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**Warprosper** · 03-13-11, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by Drax1970

I'm guessing those photos are a before and after... if so a big WOW is due, very impressive.

The photos are more so a graphic display of the mind before and after organization.

Thanks for the comments everyone

**Steggy_1** · 03-14-11, 12:13 AM

Well stated war. Don't know much about the IT business...got a department for that..but I do know a little bit about economics. The problem you have expounded upon goes way back to the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. Corporate profit margins will always screw over the dedicated employee...there are a thousand more drones in the wings. What is more scary is that Karl Marx also picked up on the exploitation of the worker (mainly factory due to the time period) in the Communist Manifesto. Not a fan of either system...more a mixed economy man myself. Well written man.