[Porsche-O-Phile]

Nothing against temporary at all - if you want to get right down to it, you can say ANY job is temporary. . . Anyone is only employed as long as they continue to be worthwhile to keep around (that's the way it's supposed to work, anyway. . .)

For one though, I hate the thought of constantly having to polish up resumes, pour through a morass of job ads (many of which are deliberately misleading), deal with time-wasting morons like "headhunters", etc. I've "job-hopped" enough in the early days of my career to land me where I am now, in a position where I have an honest shot at becoming a partner. If it doesn't pan out, fine - I'll go open my own shop. No biggie. But at this point, "temp" work just wouldn't appeal to me. For some, fine, but I'd say for most people (me included) there's a HUGE difference between going to a "job" and a "career". The former tends to yield minimum standards only, since there's no incentive to do anything else (unless you have very specific bonus incentives built in, which such jobs almost never do). The latter tends to motivate, especially if people know there's no "glass ceiling" and anything is possible - up to and including ownership stake.