DavidJones
Well-Known Member
I think Bill raises some good questions. I think that if you're hired as a "consultant", you'd better already know what you're being paid to "consult" about. If you are an employee, OTJ training time and/or employer-paid training is probably the norm. Gigs are more a la carte, and are based on what you are hired to do. Hopefully both parties are transparent enough that everyone knows what they're getting. Difficulties can arise when one party doesn't understand what the expectations are, e.g. "I need a lighting person for a high school event with a few lights, nothing fancy" turning into "half the lights in the auditorium are broken so we rented 25 Asian movers and don't know what to do with them" or when someone is less than honest, but in general, whatever you agree to is fine if both parties agree to it.
RE Word Perfect - wow - 1997 called and wanted their word processor back. (not that I love Word - it's my least favorite piece of MS software, but my use of it is basic enough that I muddle through.)
I think you mean 1987.