Originally posted by Viktor
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Who expects to still be contracting in 5 years time ?
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Either a)
Keep contracting till my experience gets me a well paid ( 100k+ )
senior permie role with a decent pension and all the goodies.
or b)
Turn what I do now into a pukka consultancy business and get bought out by one of the big boys for large amounts of wonga and retire on that.
So basically yes, I'll still be "contracting" in 5 years and hopefully at the point where I get to choose between taking A or going for B."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Originally posted by PintoI'm afraid so.The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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Plan is to gain experience at lots of sites for the next 5 years (went contracting in March), then go permie at a 'top 5' consultancy.
Previous permie job was middle management, but wanted to spread my wings for a few years and pay off a chunk of mortgage in the process.
Is this wrong?Illegitimus non carborundum est!Comment
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I hope to work hard contracting for the next 5 years, save up , pay off my mortgage and then choose whether to live in this tulipehole or move to Oz.Comment
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Originally posted by BagpussI bet you act like a PermieComment
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once again
Milan,
I'm sure we go through this every couple of months.
To refresh the late comers, the idea is to turn your Ltd into something of value.
I bet 98 percent of the Ltds used by this board have only one asset and that is the director. If you left your company I bet your Ltd would probably be worthless.
The trick whilst you're all busy contracting is to make the Ltd have value. This can be either a software package (e.g. SKA), a web site that brings in money (Fiddle's car parts site), even a database full of contacts you have made - which an agency would like to have, etc.
Once you have actually got value in your Ltd (and I don't mean a cash stock pile which gets slowly eroded via dividend distribution) you have a fighting chance of selling it, or put some CEO in your place. Sit back and take the profits.
That's the way forward for the entrepreneurs among us. If you are a bum on sit contractor, one BAD down turn will wipe you out.Comment
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Originally posted by milanbenesWho expects to still be contracting in 5 years time ?
if not what will you be doing in 5 years time ?
Milan.
Or so the IR will think......First Law of Contracting: Only the strong surviveComment
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Originally posted by _V_I will be dead in 5 years time.
Or so the IR will think......Blair, you cannot reach me now,
No matter how you try,
Goodbye cruel Labour,
Your end is nigh.
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