>Really well. My contract at Dow Jones has survived the creation of the joint venture with S&P so now I am up to my ears in writing stuff to integrate systems which gives me a chance to do a lot of SSIS and TSQL work that has really stretched my skill set to new places. Of course being able to bill 40 consultant hours a week on a W2 while never leaving my house is kind of cool too <bg>
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>That is the only thing I hate about the gig I've been on since last October. They want me on site 8 hours a day 5 days a week. yuk! But, at least I am still billing corp to corp <s>. I have another large VFP to C# conversion that looks like it will start in about a month and that will be mostly remote work.

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>I'm hoping this one lasts well into next year. McGraw Hill - which is the majority owner of the joint venture through its ownership of S&P - is an Oracle - Java shop so at some point my .NET - SQL won't be as useful, but there is a lot of data and systems stuff to do between now and complete integration so I'm hoping to be involved in that as long as possible.
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>Well, you can always start learning Oracle and Java.

McGraw Hills seems a lot more buttoned down. I rode into DJ on a rep and didn't blink when I quoted my rate but I have a feeling MH will look at my Java-Oracle credentials, my rate and my working conditions and outsource me to Mumbai. <g>

But I think there is going to be enough SQL and .NET floating around the 600 or so DJ servers all over the world that they may need to keep a couple folks around who have some clue. The guys in their shop seem pretty much *just* oracle and java. But, in corporate america reading the tea leaves is a waste of time. <g>