Days -> Weeks -> Months

[kingcook]

Only 6 month? Are you sure you're cut out to be a contractor?

http://forums.contractoruk.com/busin...ml#post1502954

KUATB!!

(God i love these acronyms!)

[northernladuk]

http://forums.contractoruk.com/busin...ml#post1502954

KUATB!!

(God i love these acronyms!)

Yours was that the OP. PC was aimed at me so no KAUTB required here so STFU and GTFO. HTH

[kingcook]

Yours was that the OP. PC was aimed at me so no KAUTB required here so STFU and GTFO. HTH

[russell]

What field?

[oliverson]

What field?

Microsoft .Net in investment banking, London. I specialis in WPF, MVVM, PRISM, RX.

[pdr]

I was on the bench for about 2 months and was thinking long and hard about going perm, then I got lucky and two offers came along. Keep plugging away guys, these are tough times and the extra bench time people are experiencing is not uncommon.

[beaker]

I was on the bench for 2 months in 2008. First month was great. Second month I was getting bored.

I had been contracting for 3 years already so could afford to take a break. Life was so much simpler back then...

[Robinho]

Uggh, i could never go perm again.

*shudder*

[Scrag Meister]

Microsoft .Net in investment banking, London. I specialis in WPF, MVVM, PRISM, RX.

Really? And you have a problem.

I'm mainly VBA/VB6/SQL and I mention some C# enhancement work on my CV, everything that I get sent is C#!!! Grrrrr. Interesting though, that despite the number of job ads you are not getting interviews.

Even getting to the point where I'm considering removing the C# mentions from my CV.

[ChimpMaster]

The market is dead - I've not seen it like this in the whole of my 15 year IT career. Yes there is still work out there, but not nearly as much as the past few years, and at lower rates of pay.

I don't want to believe it, but the truth is obvious to anyone who cares to look: the IT industry has been in terminal decline for the past 10 years. We have no support from our government - in fact it woudl appear that they are vehemently against the UK's IT industry. Businesses are offshoring/onshoring at leisure and the long term detrimental effect on the country is being shoved under the carpet.

I've had a great 5 or 6 years contracting, but I know it's not going to be easy after this, and I've been making plans to drop out of the game altogether. Shame though, because I really enjoy what I do (and I have no plan B to work on!).