State of the Market

[ensignia]

Well that is the polar opposite to me and my family/friend's experiences...discrimination against whites is rife.

We have family up north and my nephew wanted to join West Yorkshire police earlier in the year and they blocked applications from white British to increase diversity/ethnicity numbers.

I've seen it time and again in the public sector where I applied for perm roles and the DEI policy actively discriminates against whites...the job adverts even go as far to say that they welcome applications from diverse backgrounds...crazy! They want to tick boxes rather than get the best skilled person, whites are back of the queue in their home country...shameful.

Oh, when will the straight white 50+ man catch a break?! They've had it so tough, life must be so hard for them.

[Cookielove]

As a white male boomer, I'm not seeing this - I still see quite a bit of discrimination against Black and Asian people.

I do suspect I am being discriminated against on age grounds, I have a badly paid (in comparison with contracts and prior jobs) permie job, but I cannot catch a cold for anything else, contract or perm.

Well that is the polar opposite to me and my family/friend's experiences...discrimination against whites is rife.

We have family up north and my nephew wanted to join West Yorkshire police earlier in the year and they blocked applications from white British to increase diversity/ethnicity numbers.

I've seen it time and again in the public sector where I applied for perm roles and the DEI policy actively discriminates against whites...the job adverts even go as far to say that they welcome applications from diverse backgrounds...crazy! They want to tick boxes rather than get the best skilled person, whites are back of the queue in their home country...shameful.

[oliverson]

so what are you complaining about, now?

Agreeing about the need to get out of bed and do something!

[quackhandle]

For people asking, if my current skills are relevant, this is what I can do:

Java Dev
Node.js Dev
C# Dev
VB.net Dev
VB6 Dev (yes, really!)
SQL
Postgre
MySQL
Episerver/opitmizely

Ah, so it was you with the VB stuff, did you see the role I posted last week? No good?

qh

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Being discriminated against for being white is commonplace now you are spot on.

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As a white male boomer, I'm not seeing this - I still see quite a bit of discrimination against Black and Asian people.

I do suspect I am being discriminated against on age grounds, I have a badly paid (in comparison with contracts and prior jobs) permie job, but I cannot catch a cold for anything else, contract or perm.

[sadkingbilly]

<More spanish tourist board sh1te>

so what are you complaining about, now?

[oliverson]

Even if I knew my living expenses were covered, I couldn't spend 2 years on the bench. I'd have to do something, anything. Not because I'd worry about the time spent out of work but just simply for a reason to get out of bed in the morning and not spend my days watching Homes Under the Hammer.

I'm experiencing this right now. Sat out in Spain and the weather is superb. Each day just blends into the next. I'm the kind of person that really needs a purpose. I can't understand how people can just spend each day here sat in the sunshine, eating and drinking, then do it all again the following day. The trouble is, this kind of weather doesn't lend itself well to productivity, certainly not me. I just got back with the first dog walk of the day, two miles in hilly terrain and it's shirt off again, trying to cool down. I need to get back to the UK and embrace the upcoming wintery months. Land a new contract and get back on with the plan B's. The sunshine can wait.

[ladymuck]

I don't have a warchest. I have invested wisely which returns, living expenses.

Just finished year 2 on the bench. I am a lot fitter now though Life is too short to worry.

Even if I knew my living expenses were covered, I couldn't spend 2 years on the bench. I'd have to do something, anything. Not because I'd worry about the time spent out of work but just simply for a reason to get out of bed in the morning and not spend my days watching Homes Under the Hammer.

[rocktronAMP]

For people asking, if my current skills are relevant, this is what I can do:

Java Dev
Node.js Dev
C# Dev
VB.net Dev
VB6 Dev (yes, really!)
SQL
Postgre
MySQL
Episerver/opitmizely

Current SC runs out 2034

Live and work in London, would prefer office based based but really don't mind TBF.

I don't have a warchest. I have invested wisely which returns, living expenses.

Just finished year 2 on the bench. I am a lot fitter now though Life is too short to worry.

Perhaps reorder into relevance of client interest.

Read back-end staff engineer. List the versions. Java 25 (just released September 2025), 21 (previous LTS - long term release September 2023) or Java 8 (released 2013)

Ditto with C# (what version of C#, dot Net? Do you know Microsoft's public cloud offering, Azure? If yes you do, then advertise it!)

PostgreSQL and MySQL before generic SQL, in fact dump SQL, because former two means you know it.

Episerver / Optimizely move that to the top of skills list, especially if it is niche that certain clients value.

[avonleigh]

For people asking, if my current skills are relevant, this is what I can do:

Java Dev
Node.js Dev
C# Dev
VB.net Dev
VB6 Dev (yes, really!)
SQL
Postgre
MySQL
Episerver/opitmizely

Current SC runs out 2034

Live and work in London, would prefer office based based but really don't mind TBF.

I don't have a warchest. I have invested wisely which returns, living expenses.

Just finished year 2 on the bench. I am a lot fitter now though Life is too short to worry.

Your SC clearance is useless though unfortunately as you haven't used it within the last 12 months.