Advice needed on breaking into Contracting (in Finance)

[northernladuk]

the same reason your local coffee shop goes under 6 months after a starbucks opens down the road - because clients have heard of them

What an awful statement to open a discussion with. A complex comparison answered by one statement is no good and isn't going to end well... which it didn't. There are many many more reasons why this happens. Focusing on just this one is total fail.

[pr1]

If a Starbucks opened down the road from a decent independent, I'd stick with the decent independent. Starbucks coffee is average at best. I'd heard of Ratners. I've heard of RyanAir, I'd heard of Enron. Just because you've heard of someone doesn't mean they're any good.

that was my point - they're not any good, they're almost certainly worse than the decent independent but 90% of people driving through who think "I'm going to get a coffee" will go to the starbucks, and the local will close down - it's happening everywhere, ditto with mini tesco's doing over local shops, etc

starbucks is definitely not any good, but lots of people choose them over a local independent because they know what they'll get

hence my analogy for a big consultancy getting the job just because they're known rather than because they're better than the independent contractors

[pr1]

What an awful statement to open a discussion with. A complex comparison answered by one statement is no good and isn't going to end well... which it didn't. There are many many more reasons why this happens. Focusing on just this one is total fail.

i didnt have time to sit down and think about it

[northernladuk]

i didnt have time to sit down and think about it

A common theme it appears.....

[pr1]

i'm offering my opinion, same as you

[yasockie]

There's always a niche one can carve, but as others are saying, getting into Financial Services and hoping to make megabucks is a silly idea at this point in history.
Banks are overburdened with regulation, find it hard to find alpha and are a bit behind the curve in terms of software and dev practices.
Basically you'll be better off pretty much anywhere else, unless you're a masochist and enjoy long hours, average pay and the fear of losing contract any day.

[LondonManc]

i'm offering my opinion, same as you

Well it isn't really. We're in IT within FS, you're in engineering.

[MrMarkyMark]

i didnt have time to sit down and think about it

i'm offering my opinion, same as you

You can accuse northernladuk of many other things, lack of thinking through his responses is not one of them.

"I'm going to get a coffee" will go to the starbucks, and the local will close down - it's happening everywhere, ditto with mini tesco's doing over local shops, etc

Again, poor examples, In London, at least, there has been a huge rise in independant coffee shops.
Did you read about the fact that Starbucks left Australia, it was due to the high quality of their independants?
I wouldn't say Tescos are a good example either, they are reducing the amount of "Express" stores...

Tesco closures: is your local store getting the chop? - Telegraph

Maybe, if you engaged brain, before fingers, people would take your comments more seriously.

[pr1]

Well it isn't really. We're in IT within FS, you're in engineering.

so i'm not offering my opinion?

[pr1]

You can accuse northernladuk of many other things, lack of thinking through his responses is not one of them.


Again, poor examples, In London, at least, there has been a huge rise in independant coffee shops.
Did you read about the fact that Starbucks left Australia, it was due to the high quality of their independants?
I wouldn't say Tescos are a good example either, they are reducing the amount of "Express" stores...

Tesco closures: is your local store getting the chop? - Telegraph

Maybe, if you engaged brain, before fingers, people would take your comments more seriously.

my mistake, i forgot anything that happens outside the tfl map doesn't count