Hi all,
Very new to the whole contracting thing. Been reading the website and it looks great! Loads of information.
Just a quick question: I'm really excited by the idea of contracting. I used to work for a managed services consultancy and after a few months quickly started being put on infrastructure projects. I was involved in a number of refreshes for different clients, as well as maintaining a first line support role. From there I was poached by a local college to go operate their second line support desk. Since being there (just over 8 months), I'm now the lead project engineer and infrastructure manager.
So here's the question, I've only worked in IT for around 2 years. Before that I was in the Army and a few other jobs, but I've always been involved in IT from a personal point of view (helping small businesses on a consultancy basis etc), so will it be difficult for me to land my first contract given the commercial experience?
Also, I'm flexible around the UK, on that topic, do you find yourself staying in a hotel Monday to Friday and coming home at weekends to be with the family? I feel this will give me more flexibility on contracts.
Thanks for all the help!
Sam.
Very new to the whole contracting thing. Been reading the website and it looks great! Loads of information.
Just a quick question: I'm really excited by the idea of contracting. I used to work for a managed services consultancy and after a few months quickly started being put on infrastructure projects. I was involved in a number of refreshes for different clients, as well as maintaining a first line support role. From there I was poached by a local college to go operate their second line support desk. Since being there (just over 8 months), I'm now the lead project engineer and infrastructure manager.
So here's the question, I've only worked in IT for around 2 years. Before that I was in the Army and a few other jobs, but I've always been involved in IT from a personal point of view (helping small businesses on a consultancy basis etc), so will it be difficult for me to land my first contract given the commercial experience?
Also, I'm flexible around the UK, on that topic, do you find yourself staying in a hotel Monday to Friday and coming home at weekends to be with the family? I feel this will give me more flexibility on contracts.
Thanks for all the help!
Sam.
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