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The answer for contract software engineering is: "Technically, but not really". You interview, then they offer you a job/ contract which pays a certain hourly a
by ajhurliman 6y ago
The answer for contract software engineering is: "Technically, but not really". You interview, then they offer you a job/ contract which pays a certain hourly amount, and you can accept/decline/counter offer just like a full time job.
The equivalent here would be something like, "Okay candidate, I offer you a job as a contractor and the contract says you get paid based off of this algorithm. Accept or decline?"
- inopinatus 6y agoThis is only true at the start of your career. I’ve been consulting and contracting for decades; customers call me following word-of-mouth recommendation and ask me what my rate is. Even when I was starting out, years ago, the palette of contract work offered was vast. I was never obliged to follow a cab-rank rule.
- JMTQp8lwXL 6y agoTypically, you're employed by the contracting agency (with benefits), they work out a deal with the business and take a cut off the top, though we informally refer to this as contracting. If you were to set up an agreement with the software company yourself, then it'd be conventional contracting.
- Cakez0r 6y agoWould the contractor be an employee of the contracting agency in this scenario?