The Lost Inheritance: Topics List

Chapter 1 (A Corporate Slave)
Topics List

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Corporate Employment: A Dangerous World For Nice People: It is a cherished but false belief in modern society that if you get a good education and work hard then wealth and well-being are bound to follow.
My Painful Introduction To The Meaning of Limited Liability
Experiencing The Dark and Devious Side of Business
Social Security Benefits (Welfare): How Much and Who Decides?: The amount provided by state welfare depends on the attitude of the many to the few who are denied the opportunities which most are given.
The Lost Inheritance, Chapter 1: Structure
Robert J Morton: Education in Detail: When my formal education ended, my real education began, and has been advancing at an accelerating intensity ever since.
Robert J Morton: Detailed Employment History: Electrical apprentice, electrical research assistant, trainee programmer, programmer, systems analyst, technical writer, software developer, businessman, unemployed layabout.
Robert J Morton: Client Software Projects: Bespoke software projects done personally for clients by me through my own business 1976-1991
My Office/Study by Robert J Morton
Personal Software Projects by Robert J Morton: Small software projects I did to keep my skills up to date from when I became unemployed in 1991.
Robert J Morton: Programming Experience in Detail: For one who has followed the development of programming over 30 years, switching to a new language is trivial. A pity agency flibbertigibbets can't see that.
Robert J Morton: Experience and History as a Technical Writer/Author: I have devoted half my career to technical writing during which I have seen a revolution in authoring aids including some I developed myself.
Robert J Morton: College and Work Projects: My college project + the commercial projects I worked on as a corporate employee from 1966 to 1976
Robert J Morton: Client Technical Writing Projects: Technical writing projects done personally for clients by me through my own business 1976-1991
Robert J Morton: IT Professional: My quality services draw on over 25 years of professional knowledge and experience.
Robert J Morton: Quality of Work: The quotations herein are from some of my clients taken from the transcripts of a series of telephone interviews carried out by an independent consultant.
Software Packages by Robert J Morton: Two software packages which I developed (one of which I also sold and supported) through my own business between 1980 and 1990.
Robert J Morton: Professional Qualities: My 25 years in the computer industry gave me a large reservoir of technical and historical knowledge and the time to hone my professional qualities.
Robert J Morton: Projects Index: Index of all major projects I have worked on.
Robert J Morton: Education and Employment: Curriculum Vitae (Resume): Educated at Colchester Royal Grammar School and The Polytechnic, Regent Street, London. Worked for Redifon, Scicon and ITT Europe before starting Eastern Business Systems in 1976.
Robert J Morton: Benefits of a Freelance Worker: There are many benefits to using the services of a freelance self-employed independent software artisan like Rob.
Software Licence: Commentary
Robert J Morton: Have Skills, Will Labour: I can contribute to your project from simply providing fresh ideas all the way to taking a full part in its practical realisation.
Software Licence Agreement by Robert J Morton
Modus Operandus
Home Working: Enabling a Wasted and Rejected Source of IT Skills: Could the so-called IT 'skills shortage' be largely a skills wastage? I submit that there is a vast national reserve of IT skill which is inexcusably rejected.