Massachusetts Chapter of the Software Contractors' GuildSM An organization of Software Contractors and Consultants worldwide. This is the Massachusetts USA local chapter of The Software Contractors Guild

  NOTICES

If anyone has additional Massachusetts related information that they think I should post, please send email to the webmaster.

  LOCAL EVENTS

NEJUG.ORG

Java developers should check out the New England Java Users Group web site. They sponser a monthy meeting with top notch speakers on a variety of Java Topics. The talks at held at the Sun campus in Burlington or at the Cross Point towers in Lowell with easy access off of route 495.

Boston Java Meetup

Java developers near Boston may be interested in the informal monthly pub meetings to socialize and discuss all topics related to Java.

BarCamp Boston - June 2006

Developers and Geeks of all kinds near Boston may be interested in the BarCamps where everyone has to give a presentation. Watch for the next one. I attended the June 2006 one held at Clock Tower Place in Maynard and hosted by Monster.com. It was very interesting though a bit chaotic with simultaneous sessions on many interesting topics from Ruby on Rails, to managing distributed teams, to programming PIC microprocessors, etc. I did a sort talk on the Java Graph Objects library offered by www.nwoods.com.

MASSHITECH.COM

Also check out the Mass High Tech web site and sign up for their daily Tech Flash mailing list and the weekly Mass High Tech newspaper. Stay informed of what high tech companies in Massachusetts are doing and who is buying out who.

WEBTECH

Java developers should also check out the Greater Boston Web Tech Chapter. They also sponser a monthy meeting with top notch speakers on a variety of Java Topics. The talks at held at the IBM SPC in Waltham 7 to 9 PM on the 3rd tuesday each month.

GBCACM.ORG

All programmers should check out the Greater Boston Chapter web site of the Association for Computing Machinery. They offer variuos talks and three excellent one day tutorials in the Spring and Fall. These are cost about $80 and are usually held at MIT.

Invitation to join Boston Area Contractors' email list.

This is an invitation to join an email list that has been started for Boston area contractors. The purpose of this list is to connect you directly with clients (no intermediary recruiting agencies). There are NO MARKUPS of your rates involved whatsoever.

If you think this would be a useful resource for you to find future projects, please check out the link below to join. Contractors will be able to announce availability, and companies (again, no recruiting agencies) will be able to announce contract jobs.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bostoncontractors/join

   LISTS

All Contractors marketing in Massachusetts

All Contractors currently residing in Massachusetts.

Agencies and Clients that service the Massachusetts area.

Job postings in the Massachusetts area.

Webmaster for the Massachusetts Chapter is Charlie Havener (member 8066)

Software Contractors' Guild (www.scguild.com).

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