Not-renewing tulipe gigs

[TheFaQQer]

Anyone else the same opinion?

Generally, my projects are pretty good. I've only knocked back one extension in the past.

I hated the client, the people, the location and the work (suckered into it). Turned down the extension just as the market crashed and had seven months without work.

Ho hum, I got to spend some quality time with the family before heading back to London the following year.

[edison]

I budget to work around 8 months a year so my warchest is around 9-12 months worth of all my regular expenses. Contracting for me is about flexibility, choosing when/where to work and having more time off rather than the income per se. It has come in handy recently whilst being on the bench in that I haven't felt compelled to take on boring gigs.