My apologies if this question has been addressed, however, if one is to provide expert witness testimony for a client while working for a consultant firm, does the expert receive additional fee as an adjustment to his/her salary? How is the rate normally decided?
very well put IRstuff
moltenmetal thank you for the feedback.
I am a young engineer still and do know I have a long career ahead of me. The question is interesting to me and I have been able to reflect with each of the responses. Perhaps I am somewhat unhappy with the team dynamic and do...
Yes GregLocock your point goes back to my question of collective thought. If everyone CAN contribute, great. But CAN everyone contribute to certain processes?
zdas, thanks for the insight.
Thank you TheTick for providing a succinct response.
Ron and miningman I meant for my question to be very subjective, however, it seems my "attitude" is shining through?
The response from zdas is interesting as it seems to state in his third point that if you can improve on something you...
msquared48, yes I think you did touch on it. I would like to point out I happen to be very happy in my work/position for those who assume otherwise. However, it is interesting to me to identify who is responsible for creating the company's processes. Is it collective? I guess the answer to...
I was asking to get a feel of how the industry views intellectual property. I'm not sure I have an answer to that as yet. Although belittling others seems to be thematic.
I think we are missing the point. The issue is of copyright. Should a low level engineer provide programming that in effect becomes property of the company?
I am curious as to how much a low level engineer is expected to contribute to the company?
The issue at hand: I am a civil engineer with a P.E. and 10 years experience. I work at a small firm and am simply a staff engineer. Should I contribute programming skills to the firm in writing...