How many years as a Permie before you took the leap into contracting?

[Ketto]

6 months as a perm, then 12 years as a contractor.

[zeus91]

6 months as a perm, then 12 years as a contractor.

Interesting, whats your specialty?

[Ketto]

Started off as a Project Support Officer straight from uni, then PMO, then PM, then found my home as a BA which I have been doing for the past 6 years in insurance, telecoms and public sector. I wouldn’t necessarily advocate doing it this way – with hindsight it would have been much better to learn my trade as a permie and then make the jump, but that is the way which it worked for me and I’ve really enjoyed the experience.

[LondonManc]

Interesting, whats your specialty?

Interviews

[Ketto]

Interviews

True!

[gables]

4 years perm (single firm straight out of uni)
9 years contract
5 years retail business owner
6 years perm
now contracting again

[adubya]

28 years as permie for me then first contract

[Andy O]

2 years permie
9 years contract programmer
17 years permie
Last 4 years contract IT Designer

[nomadd]

2 years permie. *
27 years contractor.

* I hated those two years.

[wantacontract]

5 years permie - had 3 permie jobs in that time, moved roles a lot: support, advanced support, sales support, presales, field engineer, junior pm.

then went contracting for the last 10 years as PM