Rate glass ceiling

[PorkPie]

I've decided to take it. Worst that can happen is that I get a couple of years experience in this and go back to contracting. Plus its a fair poke through uncertain times.

Still feels a bit like selling out though

[d000hg]

Still feels a bit like selling out though

Selling out is what contractors do for a living.

[lukemg]

Treat it like a 2 yr contract, reassess after that time, if it still suits, opportunities opening up etc you carry on, thats how high flyers assess their careers, in 18 mth - 24 month blocks to ensure progress and not getting sidelined.
Try to cut off any contract noise though, the lure can be very enticing during a difficult perm only work trauma e.g. pdr season. If you let your head get turned its hard to work past it regardless of salary.
Good luck and well done.

[yasockie]

This is risky because you should be spending some time diversifying into other areas.

Unlike TheSurfer you don't support your statement. To flip the question, if I were able to get a very high daily rate why shouldn't I take it? What's the ROI on diversifying, if I spend a year writing a book on a niche subject I may get £1000 at best in sales, it might be pretty hard to recover a year's worth of 500/day from the book's halo effect...
I can always learn or diversify when out of high paying work, I guess?