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I would love to see a (mini-)talk on how to be a (Python) contractor,<br>from rates to terms of contract to marketing yourself to liability insurance<br>to ownership rights to what (Python-related) skills are hot or not,<br>and what rate they fetch.<br>Plus a redux of what the SBA course tells.<br><br>From what IEEE Consultants Network advise, negotiating your rate is only one thing,<br>making sure you get paid (at all, let alone 100c on the dollar, let alone in a timely way,<br>e.g. 30 days net) is entirely another story.<br><br>Stephen M<br><br /><hr />Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. <a href='http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_AE_Faster_022009' target='_new'>Check it out.</a></body>
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