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Originally posted by zonkkk View PostReading all the doom and gloom scenarios on here and on LinkedIn I was expecting a long stint on the bench once my current contract ended.
After I put a message out on LinkedIn that I am available for new contracts from so and so date (outside IR35 only) I had probably 10 people reach out with 3 strong leads. I also applied to about 10 job ads on jobsite.co.uk, got an interview from that too. First interview 8 days after my LinkedIn post with 2 others scheduled for next week - Embedded Software Development (medical devices). Got the first contract I interviewed for.
Good luck everyone!Comment
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Originally posted by dsc View Post
Medical seems to be doing fairly well at the moment and also embedded is very different to what most people do here, so I'd say you're in a very different part of the market, hence different conditions apply.Last edited by zonkkk; Today, 10:10.Comment
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The .Net contract market from what I can see if all but dead outside of London and financial services.
I've got a year left on a FTC and I'm setting myself up for a remote £50k-£65k a year perm job when it ends as a worse case scenario.
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Originally posted by coolhandluke View PostThe .Net contract market from what I can see if all but dead outside of London and financial services.
I've got a year left on a FTC and I'm setting myself up for a remote £50k-£65k a year perm job when it ends as a worse case scenario.Comment
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Originally posted by zonkkk View Post
I totally agree. I have spent a lot of time upskilling to C#, .NET, Cloud... (which I have actively used in my previous contracts) and all approaches bar 1 have been for Embedded devices which was surprising to me.Comment
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Originally posted by dsc View Post
What are you using for embedded out of curiosity? I always assumed it was C, but perhaps the scene is different these days. At some stage I wanted to move to Intel (even had an interview via a buddy that works there, but they went with an internal hire), but since they announced tulipe results, I think that ship has sailed...Comment
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