since i have the summer off, i’ve decided to look for a contract gig. i’ve tried this before & didn’t have much luck. i have restrictions on how much i can work b/c i’m an intl student though right now i could work for about 3 months full time (during the break).
i just found this description of a PM gig. very refreshing description..
Infrastructure Project Manager X 3 Contract
Our client, a world esteemed blue chip organisation is looking for 3 experienced infrastructure Project Manager to assist with the global roll out of various technologies within the infrastructure space. Duties within this role will include; To decide what is to be done;to tell somebody to do it;to listen to reasons why it should not be done,why it should be done by somebody else,or why it should be done in a different way;and to prepare arguments in rebuttal that shall be convincing & conclusive. Then: To follow up to see if the thing has been done;to discover that it has not been done;to enquire why it has not been done;to listen to excuses from the person who did not do it & to think up arguments to overcome the excuses. Then: To follow up a second time to see if the thing has been done;to discover that is has been done incorrectly;to point out how it shall be done;to conclude that as long as it has been done it might as well be left as it is;to wonder if it is not time to get rid of the person who cannot do a thing correctly;to reflect that in all probability any successor would be just as bad, or worse. Finally: To consider how much more simply & better the thing would have been done had he/she done it themselves in the first place;to reflect satisfactorily that if he/she had done it themselves he/she would have been able to do it right in 20 minutes.