Today is my work from home day. And it begins a stretch of four days without having to go into the office. Very nice. Although I am working from home all day today, doing a little tomorrow and even have to do scheduled work on Saturday morning. But at least I don’t have to drive …
Author Archives: Scott Alan Miller
April 4, 2007
Today is the last day of my three day “at work” work week. We are officially off on Friday but I keep getting work assigned to me for that day so it is looking more and more like it will just be a second “work from home” day. Today was busy as expected but tomorrow …
Do IT: Breaking In – IT at Home
Most professions have few elements that you can bring home. The more technical the field generally the less you can take home. But IT is one of those really cool fields where there is almost nothing that you can do in the office that you can’t do at home as well. This is good and …
Do IT: Employment vs. Contracting in the US (W2 vs. 1099)
IT differs from many professions in the way that employment is handled. This is caused by many factors on both the employer and the employee side. In most careers and certainly in most jobs people work under the “employment” system. Here in the US this can be called W-2 employment because the tax form involved …
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Do IT: Breaking In – Volunteering
Much like interning volunteering can be a great way to get experience in IT both early on in your career when you are having problems getting those first few jobs as well as later on when you are well established and what to be able to demonstrate breadth and community but in this article we …