What would you do?

[eek]

You reckon WPF will be legacy soon? Well I am concentrating on it at the moment since I really love this technology, though I must admit I am quite behind till now. But I think there will always be the need for LOB applications, and I cannot imagine HTML5, Javascript or CSS can achieve that, let alone ASP.NET MVC3! I think that WPF is there to stay, IMHO.

Yeah would love to come out with a million dollar idea and hang up my contracting keyboard, but what are the chances realistically?

Data entry has moved to the web and to be honest HTML 5 allows you to render just about any data you want in real time (I know because my plan b does exactly that).

MS are or already have announced that Silverlight is dead after version 5. Remember the only rule is things change constantly so unless you need to be looking at next years likely tools (HTML5, javascript and nosql) rather than ones where there is already qualified and more experienced competition.

[farout117]

Data entry has moved to the web and to be honest HTML 5 allows you to render just about any data you want in real time (I know because my plan b does exactly that).

MS are or already have announced that Silverlight is dead after version 5. Remember the only rule is things change constantly so unless you need to be looking at next years likely tools (HTML5, javascript and nosql) rather than ones where there is already qualified and more experienced competition.

The only thing is that I hate HTML and Javascript with a passion man. Can't understand how MS will move from a "sexy" platform like .NET to HTML and Javascript again. Still I cannot see how the community will react to that. There are lots of people like me who hate Javascript.

Silverlight was never really put so much emphasis on, however I think WPF will remain a flagship product for MS for the time being, since there isn't any real product that can replace it.

[psychocandy]

I was always under the impression that invoking a notice period just because you find something paying more is pretty bad form.

Basically, if you sign a contract at a rate then you should stick with it...

Saying that, you've got to look after yourself at the end of the day, so I'd consider doing this I guess.

[Scrag Meister]

I was always under the impression that invoking a notice period just because you find something paying more is pretty bad form.

Basically, if you sign a contract at a rate then you should stick with it...

Saying that, you've got to look after yourself at the end of the day, so I'd consider doing this I guess.

Bad form maybe, illegal or contract breaking, assuming that you follow the termination requirements, it isn't.

[farout117]

I was always under the impression that invoking a notice period just because you find something paying more is pretty bad form.

Basically, if you sign a contract at a rate then you should stick with it...

Saying that, you've got to look after yourself at the end of the day, so I'd consider doing this I guess.

I agree with you on this, and I do not think I have ever done it before. however if the agent is taking the pi*** there's a limit. If I had to invoke the notice, I would talk to the client co about it.

What worries me more is the new agency/client co, since they would think I would jump to the next ship once things are not right.

[jonathanOnshore2010]

I once signed a contract, and then didn't turn up for work when getting a counter offer at the current client site. Director at the time said that was normal practice. Illegal? I don't know... but nothing was done about it apart from a fuming agent.

Funny thing is, when 2008 came around and times were bad, I rang up that same agent again to see if he would do business. Angry for a few minutes, then we agree it was mutually a good idea. And I agreed this time to turn up to the client co.

Such as thing as ill will? Not in capitalism it seems....

[farout117]

I once signed a contract, and then didn't turn up for work when getting a counter offer at the current client site. Director at the time said that was normal practice. Illegal? I don't know... but nothing was done about it apart from a fuming agent.

Funny thing is, when 2008 came around and times were bad, I rang up that same agent again to see if he would do business. Angry for a few minutes, then we agree it was mutually a good idea. And I agreed this time to turn up to the client co.

Such as thing as ill will? Not in capitalism it seems....

Yeah having a counter offer helps I remember back in 2006-2007, the phone rang at least once a day with a new contract. Those were the days where I could choose where and with who to work, so many different options back then Now sometimes its better to stick to what you have, darn recession