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Is the Rise of Contract Workers Killing Upward Mobility?

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Re: Is the Rise of Contract Workers Killing Upward Mobility?

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Any tips for transitioning to contracting? Should you be in a certain place (experience, ability, etc) or is just about taking a leap of faith?

I would be happy to give some assistance and guidance if you would like. Get in touch with me, my email is in my profile.

If you're willing then I too would love to pick your brain about this. Can't see an email on profile though.

Re: Is the Rise of Contract Workers Killing Upward Mobility?

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I would be happy to give some assistance and guidance if you would like. Get in touch with me, my email is in my profile.

If you're willing then I too would love to pick your brain about this. Can't see an email on profile though.

Sorry about that. I have added it. Feel free to send me an email and I will get in touch asap.

Re: Is the Rise of Contract Workers Killing Upward Mobility?

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I just started reading Snow Crash, really loving it.

Read The Diamond Age afterward. It's not exactly a sequel, but all indications seem to show that it takes place in the same world, a couple decades later.

Approx 80-100 years according to Wikipedia [1]. Though no source is cited.

The world of Snow Crash, where a few corporations own the entire world with a very tiny government, is also the basis of the book Jennifer Government [2] by Max Barry.

I found that book a bit easier to read. Diamond Age, I can't get through it yet. Cryptonomicon, also by Neil Stephenson is on my list, as well as Neuromancer by Gibson.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamond_Age#Snow_Crash

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Government

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