> that's why he didn't make any progress. If you are employed by a temp agency, I don't think there is much progress to be made. The company needed a QA, temp

> that's why he didn't make any progress. If you are employed by a temp agency, I don't think there is much progress to be made. The company needed a QA, temp agency forwarded the resume, there was a match, and that's that. There is no defined career path. I believe anyone who does contracting knows that. There might be a small carrot about full time hiring, but it happens very rarely. If the company hires all of its contractors, what will be the point of having contractors in the first place. Besides some temp agencies have no-hire contracts with their clients. > "Once, I worked an entire weekend on a voluntary basis." As a contractor, this is the surest way to lose everyone's respect. Contractor or not, working weekends is appreciated either when it's actually needed or you are a recognized workaholic who connects from home a lot(nothing out of ordinary when you work over the weekend). If you are doing it so that you get a better review, you are bumped up the promotion ladder, you are hired full time...it's going to be frowned upon, and rightfully so. Side note: This "Once I worked a weekend" irks me more than it should. I can only imagine the reactions he will get from game devs who are notorious for their inhumane schedule when he mentions "once" he worked over the weekend.