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    #31
    always concentrate on security. check there is paper before you sit down
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      #32
      Always know slightly more than the perm you sit next to.

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        #33
        Never be afraid to read a reference book at your desk (but don't lend them out, permies are generally too poor/tight to buy them themselves).
        "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
        - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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          #34
          I'm too tight to buy reference books too!

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            #35
            Originally posted by cojak View Post
            Never be afraid to read a reference book at your desk (but don't lend them out, permies are generally too poor/tight to buy them themselves).
            I keep project management and Open Group books on mine. It's not what I do but shows that I code because I prefer to, not because I couldn't do their jobs....
            Last edited by eek; 7 June 2015, 18:44.
            merely at clientco for the entertainment

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              #36
              Always go for a limited company. Never join a tax avoidance scheme.

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                #37
                Originally posted by TheLordDave View Post
                I'm too tight to buy reference books too!
                I use the interweb.
                "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                  #38
                  Don't look at the sun through binoculars
                  Blood in your poo

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by tractor View Post
                    Leaving teaspoons in cups make your eye hurt when you drink.
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                      #40
                      Originally posted by VillageContractor View Post
                      Hi,

                      I'm into the second month of my first contract and I've read all the good advice on hear but I'm sure at some point I'll realise I've missed something.

                      What lessons have you guys learnt the hard way?

                      Thanks

                      VC
                      If you want sensible answers don't post in General?
                      "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
                      - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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