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Free consultancy. Looks good on the CV I suppose. And, ok, its probably quite fun -- but I was paid double this in 1991 (£10,000) for a week/10 days -- my firs
by Craiggybear 14y ago
Free consultancy. Looks good on the CV I suppose.
And, ok, its probably quite fun -- but I was paid double this in 1991 (£10,000) for a week/10 days -- my first consultancy.
It wasn't even NASA or a mega-corp. It was documentation on the Victorian Architect, Waterfield, for a small museum.
- creamyhorror 14y agoDepending on where you are and what opportunities you know of, it can be a lot easier or harder to make a buck. I don't think the equivalent of 10K pounds for a week or two is so easy to earn everywhere, especially in the more competitive economies of today. Programmers in my country earn wages in line with everyone else, not rockstar salaries. Not sure about consultants but I can't imagine most clients paying a lot (10K) for small projects. The NASA prize is just a sweetener to make it at least worth some kids', undergrads' or unemployed coders' time to make an attempt. At least it'll look good on their CV, as you said, unlike with other silly competitions that give the winning team US$3K, and aren't even organised by entities as prestigious as NASA.