Hi folks
I am a new guy here, so go easy on me...
Just before the big 40, I quit my perm role. I worked for ~8 years as an ERP Manager/Developer, done tons of customisations in T-SQL, C# (.NET and ASP.NET) for a major British manufacturer/engineering company. I worked on a variety of projects for them, too numerous to list here in detail.
So at 40 I decided I needed a break and went travelling the globe. I've been back in the UK for several months now and it didn't take long for me to receive firm perm job offers. However, I could not force myself to take on any of these jobs. Not that I don't enjoy software development, I can no longer live the perm lifestyle.
So I have had nearly 2 years gap in work (most of it is due to glob-trotting). I am aware that such a gap can make it difficult to find work even for experienced contractors. So I decided to reach potential customers more directly as independent IT consultant, sending out emails, even knocking on doors of local companies with my card in hand. (I am not too bothered about the size and duration of initial work to be honest.)
Thankfully, I did keep myself up to date on the latest MS stack, and I am quite confident with things like MVC5 and 6 (.NET Core, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework, SQL Server and Azure). I am also very flexible location wise, and can even move overseas if needed.
So, in your collective experience, the wise ones, what are my chances in this market?
I am a new guy here, so go easy on me...
Just before the big 40, I quit my perm role. I worked for ~8 years as an ERP Manager/Developer, done tons of customisations in T-SQL, C# (.NET and ASP.NET) for a major British manufacturer/engineering company. I worked on a variety of projects for them, too numerous to list here in detail.
So at 40 I decided I needed a break and went travelling the globe. I've been back in the UK for several months now and it didn't take long for me to receive firm perm job offers. However, I could not force myself to take on any of these jobs. Not that I don't enjoy software development, I can no longer live the perm lifestyle.
So I have had nearly 2 years gap in work (most of it is due to glob-trotting). I am aware that such a gap can make it difficult to find work even for experienced contractors. So I decided to reach potential customers more directly as independent IT consultant, sending out emails, even knocking on doors of local companies with my card in hand. (I am not too bothered about the size and duration of initial work to be honest.)
Thankfully, I did keep myself up to date on the latest MS stack, and I am quite confident with things like MVC5 and 6 (.NET Core, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework, SQL Server and Azure). I am also very flexible location wise, and can even move overseas if needed.
So, in your collective experience, the wise ones, what are my chances in this market?
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