One was a nice Sr. Consulting gig for a major IT services firm. They tried demanding that I give them copies of all my tax and financial records for the last five years. While I have nothing to hide... I still felt very uncomfortable. When I voiced my concerns to the hiring manager, he said it was "Standard Company Policy". Hmmm... O.K.- I don't even work for you yet and you are already giving me the corporate runaround? I politely turned them down.
The other one was for a client in NJ. I was contacted by an Indian firm and I caught them being dishonest with me. Not once, but twice! There must have been five or six phone calls to me from different levels of management asking why that was a problem... after all it's "Just Business". I told them that "I don't do business that way". I have been looking for a gig ever since.
I would rather be poor and still have my principles than be a rich liar.
The reason this article didn't get much comentary; Most *nix geeks know "jack sh*t... (and jack left town:-)" about mainframes. Some because they don't care. Some because they are *nix zelots. Some probably because they are scared of the big iorn. Hrmmmmm... can we say *ignorant*.
Hey folks... It's that easy. It will happen here eventualy if we don't stand up to those that would strip away our freedom. The only thing that stands between a free WWW and one that is locked down is a couple of opinion poles.
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One was a nice Sr. Consulting gig for a major IT services firm. They tried demanding that I give them copies of all my tax and financial records for the last five years. While I have nothing to hide... I still felt very uncomfortable. When I voiced my concerns to the hiring manager, he said it was "Standard Company Policy". Hmmm... O.K.- I don't even work for you yet and you are already giving me the corporate runaround? I politely turned them down.
The other one was for a client in NJ. I was contacted by an Indian firm and I caught them being dishonest with me. Not once, but twice! There must have been five or six phone calls to me from different levels of management asking why that was a problem... after all it's "Just Business". I told them that "I don't do business that way". I have been looking for a gig ever since.
I would rather be poor and still have my principles than be a rich liar.
Just my $0.02.
Cheers!
The reason this article didn't get much comentary; Most *nix geeks know "jack sh*t... (and jack left town :-)" about mainframes. Some because they don't care. Some because they are *nix zelots. Some probably because they are scared of the big iorn. Hrmmmmm... can we say *ignorant*.
Hey folks... It's that easy. It will happen here eventualy if we don't stand up to those that would strip away our freedom. The only thing that stands between a free WWW and one that is locked down is a couple of opinion poles.
Let freedom ring!
The Big Iorn is back! MVS will still be there as it is THE most robust and secure operating system in existance. Liux on s/390 will seriosly rock.