Sorry; I didn't mean anything formal by the "short-term" adjective phrase there. I meant "In contrast to a full-time employee, whom one assumes is making a career out of THAT company."
Three years is a long time in contractor-land, but it's a drop in the bucket for career company employee.
I think that what 'gaius is saying is that "whom ones assumes is making a career..." part is a wrong assumption, especially in this industry. "Making career" is more of an exercise of jumping between companies every other year.
Three years is a long time in contractor-land, but it's a drop in the bucket for career company employee.