Originally posted by gables
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Originally posted by TheDude View Post
If you like well paid fairly reliable income why not?
I am netting considerably more inside IR35 than I did in my last outside gig.Comment
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Originally posted by Fraidycat View Post
The anxiety from the realtime coding test at the start of the interview left me a nervous wreck for the rest of the interview.
Hence not hopeful.
Would have preferred to do the test at the end, not the start.
Also the test was sold to me by the agent as a 'pair programming session', it wasn't, it was a straight test with 3 people watching me do it.
Man I'm in a nasty mood today!!Comment
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Another thing, they referred to their development teams as 'pods'.
Reminded me something out of the Matrix.
But googling the definition of 'pod': group of marine mammals, such as whales, or of certain other animals, such as hippopotamuses
I guess that is how development teams are seen these days: like a herd of overweight animals..Comment
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Originally posted by oliverson View Post
That is EXACTLY what I did, taking a long time out of the market in the process. And guess what? It's worked out quite well and I can look at myself in the mirror and know I didn't sell my soul to the devil.Originally posted by oliverson View Post
I'm netting about £ 50k more than I was on my last London outside rate. I have a mate who has unfortunately been forced to take an inside IR35 contract. It's almost become ruinous for him and his Ltd, and is frantically searching for something outside.Comment
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Originally posted by oliverson View Post
That is EXACTLY what I did, taking a long time out of the market in the process. And guess what? It's worked out quite well and I can look at myself in the mirror and know I didn't sell my soul to the devil.Comment
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Originally posted by TheDude View Post
How is taking an IR35 contract selling your soul to the devil?
What do people feel is acceptable for payment terms at the moment (e.g. speed)? Does anyone still do client default insurance in this market?Comment
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Originally posted by Vordrak View Post
I agree. I have an accountant who can do inside or outside seamlessly. So, I don't really see how I lose out? Roles inside IR35 pay more, which makes up for the tax, and I pay the same accountancy fee. The key is still to push for rapid payment, and of course the real problem right now is that the contract market is quiet on all sides. I was just looking at a job board and sorted by date and only one contract role had been added in the last couple of days!
What do people feel is acceptable for payment terms at the moment (e.g. speed)? Does anyone still do client default insurance in this market?merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by Fraidycat View PostAnother thing, they referred to their development teams as 'pods'.
Reminded me something out of the Matrix.
But googling the definition of 'pod': group of marine mammals, such as whales, or of certain other animals, such as hippopotamuses
I guess that is how development teams are seen these days: like a herd of overweight animals..merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by Vordrak View PostI have an accountant who can do inside or outside seamlessly. So, I don't really see how I lose out.
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