[consulting] A chuckle

[Victor Kane]

No, actually. I have no employees, I exploit no-one in that I do not extract
surplus value from another's work.

I do not accumulate capital, just charge for my time like any working
person.

Victor

On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Sam Cohen <sam at samcohen.com> wrote:

> Victor,
>
> Aren't you an independent business person?  Wouldn't that make you a
> capitalist, the kind of person the unions are supposed to be protecting the
> "workers" against.
>
> Sam
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Victor Kane <victorkane at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> We can all laugh our heads off, but the law of falling rate of return
>> (Marx) and the huge efforts being made (even in the Drupal community via the
>> sanctification of oDesk) to commoditize Drupal consulting work will make us
>> consultants laugh on the other side of our faces.
>>
>> Only an international union (which we should have done at the cusp of the
>> curve, not now that it is dropping) can defend our rights as working people.
>>
>> Victor Kane
>> http://awebfactory.com.ar
>>
>> "Let's make the capitalist corporations pay for the crisis, not working
>> people"
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Riche Zamor Jr <rczamor at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> What country is the bid from? It doesn't read as though English is the
>>> writer's first language...
>>>
>>> On Aug 6, 2010 4:32 PM, "Andrew R. Kelly" <arkelly at cognisync.com> wrote:
>>> > That HAS to be a typo, nobody's that clueless.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > From: consulting-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:
>>> consulting-bounces at drupal.org]
>>> > On Behalf Of Jeff Greenberg
>>> > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 3:58 PM
>>> > To: consulting at drupal.org
>>> > Subject: [consulting] A chuckle
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Received this request for a bid today. Still chuckling.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > You have been invited by the employer to participate in a private
>>> auction.
>>> > We would like to have an informational portal for all of the roles in
>>> our
>>> > company. The site will be made with the Drupal CMS and therefore we
>>> require
>>> > an EXPERT drupal developer. Please don't bid if youre only building
>>> drupal
>>> > websites as your hobby. You should be well familiar with content types
>>> and
>>> > views, users integration in Drupal, advanced search and permission
>>> > functions, multilingual sites (including rtl languages)...We can say
>>> that we
>>> > are very strict with timelines and very clear with requirements so
>>> please
>>> > give us the right estimation from the beginning...
>>> >
>>> > Max Bid:$300
>>> >
>>>
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