Making the Leap

[stek]

Their is some grate advise on they're about grammer and punctuation has well you now.

FTFY....

[northernladuk]

FTFY....

Boltonites. Can't live with 'em, can't get rid of 'em.....

[silverlight1]

That sort of statement makes me realise why I come across contractors with no skills these days.

Over the past few years I've seen more and more inexperienced contractors. It's very frustrating for the guys who take pride in what they do as a professional contractor and do it well above the standard that the permies do.

A tech lead contractor on my recent project told me that he'd never used Visio and therefore couldn't do a simple architecture diagram

I told him he had 24hrs to learn !

[SlipTheJab]

Over the past few years I've seen more and more inexperienced contractors. It's very frustrating for the guys who take pride in what they do as a professional contractor and do it well above the standard that the permies do.

A tech lead contractor on my recent project told me that he'd never used Visio and therefore couldn't do a simple architecture diagram

I told him he had 24hrs to learn !

Comes from clients paying tulip rates, I mean 250-300 quid a day in London for a senior dev = you will get either a blagger or a bob.

[shingz]

U think that's bad?

A tech lead contractor on my recent project told me that he'd never used Visio and therefore couldn't do a simple architecture diagram !

I know of an IT auditor who doesn't know how to convert a csv file to Excel

[wantacontract]

Over the past few years I've seen more and more inexperienced contractors. It's very frustrating for the guys who take pride in what they do as a professional contractor and do it well above the standard that the permies do.

A tech lead contractor on my recent project told me that he'd never used Visio and therefore couldn't do a simple architecture diagram

I told him he had 24hrs to learn !

WTF....are you serious...

[Danglekt]

With regard to contracting, you come across as obsessively risk averse. The OP wouldn't be posting their thread if they didn't think they could handle contracting. If they're on the fence about jumping, then why not encourage it? It's a risky and tricky business but it's not that difficult. Are you sure you can handle the stress of contracting? You seem to go to great lengths to have every detail analysed and thought through. Contracting isn't rocket science. Let the OP go for it.

Cos NUK always tries to put off any new competition.

[northernladuk]

Cos NUK always tries to put off any new competition.

These guys? Competition?? Give me a break. Lol...

Most of them.. including the guy you quoted probably don't have much idea of what it is except for sitting at a client desk working.