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10th July 2008, 11:48
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#41
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More time posting than coding
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Embra
Posts: 341
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Originally Posted by Lockhouse
Never went to Uni, did O levels, messed about for a bit, ended up in IT by accident. It was the only thing I could do reasonably well that I didn't have to try too hard at.
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10th July 2008, 13:44
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#42
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Super poster
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 3,106
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University of Life - School of hard knocks etc etc. 9 years forces, 2 years perm, redundancy, contracting, never looked back...
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10th July 2008, 15:02
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#43
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Lurker not a fighter
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 67
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lockhouse
Never went to Uni, did O levels, messed about for a bit, ended up in IT by accident. It was the only thing I could do reasonably well that I didn't have to try too hard at.
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14th July 2008, 10:55
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#44
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Not worth listening to
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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I started contracting 3 months ago, 2 months after getting my Masters in Computer Science. I had 2 years of full time experience...
...that was the best decision in my career so far  |
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19th July 2008, 13:21
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#45
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Not worth listening to
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 23
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Started this year , partially graduated from uni i.e. still got project to hand in.
Iv got 16 months work experience .
I don't think i will go for permie until i have handed my project in.
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20th July 2008, 09:42
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#46
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Fingers like lightning
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: London
Posts: 505
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I graduated from Leeds Met in 1996, graduated from the Open University in 2004. Take your pick which graduation date you wish to use...   Started contracting in November 2007. |
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21st July 2008, 11:30
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#47
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Should try harder
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Brissol
Posts: 180
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Originally Posted by Mor4
Started this year , partially graduated from uni i.e. still got project to hand in.
Iv got 16 months work experience .
I don't think i will go for permie until i have handed my project in.
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Might I also suggest brushing up on your written skills before starting work? |
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21st July 2008, 12:55
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#48
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Lurker not a fighter
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Bristol
Posts: 35
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University? does not compute.....
I flunked my A-Levels, spend 3/4 years floating, doing office temping, and playing around with websites before I got my first IT contract.
I always think that length of time is a bit of a stupid way to measure experience, because you could have spent years doing the same donkey work tasks over and over and not learnt anything. I was once asked if I had 4+ years experience of applying Ghost images....ah the wonders of clueless recruitment consultants and HR departments.
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21st July 2008, 17:49
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#49
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Lurker not a fighter
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 83
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I agree length of time means very little in when it comes to level of skill.
After about 8 years permanent I started contracting back in January. No degree or anything like that but I'm taking a masters in computer science from October onwards, mainly to make it easier for me to work outside of this (god forsaken) country.
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20th August 2008, 15:06
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Not worth listening to
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 16
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After 4 Years as a Permie ( Business Process Analysis) i moved over to the dark side first contract was 2 years ago at 375 per day
I was just about ready , I was part of a major company and put through alot of mentoring and training . I would say 4-5 at least
Its important that you get some qualifications first (prince 2 , six sigma , CMMI)
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