Here is a fun job opportunity

I received a e-mail mark " urgent Cisco people needed in Tennessee" well I live in Houston.
a. They call this Monday
b. 15 an hour for a one a year project and you need to be here in 6 days!
c. I asked, " W-2" (he said yes) and are my expenses covered to move to the small T ( he said no)
d. I said NO! - now go home!

This contract stuff has got to stop!
Tax liability at this rate after going over my line items on Schedule C will bring to my tax liability up (30% tax bracket)and broke

Did I do the right thing, many have told me, "yes my son you did the right thing, standard procedure is they pay for your move and sometimes housing expenses". But noooooo, they want me be in Tennessee in 6 days, break my lease, find a home, and move, which would cost no less than 5k to do so. What type of B.S is this?

Thank you O.B 1

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BCMSN first eh? I've been working on BSCI myself, though lately I've added microsoft stuff so I'm working on MCSA and CCNP at the same time.

AS for your job thing, perhaps $15 is an okay rate where you live but not worth moving. These days companies will never pay relocation expenses. period.

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Yes I took the BCMSN 1st and was on the verge of taking the routing but ran out of funs. I continued my NP studies and learned WAN services and support, but as far as testing goes, I am not interested now. To tell you the truth I know more about routing, WAN services and Support than I remember about BCMSN (I took this test a year ago). For now I am researching Fiber to the curb networking (extending the range of Ethernet)
Any thoughts ?

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Fiber to the curb is great - conceptually - but the cost of deployment is the killer (in my mind). It'd take an awful lot of services to ride that pipe to justify the Right-Of-Way, boring, and installation expenses related to fiber optics (I used to work for MCI, several years ago).

Maybe that installation cost has come down, but somehow I don't think so.

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