There are a lot of whinging IT contractors

[BrilloPad]

Some things never change

[northernladuk]

There are a lot of whinging IT contractors - IT Contractor & IT Contracting News & Advice

Not even gonna bother giving them my traffic. Bloody awful site.

[SueEllen]

Some things never change

Why did you drag this up?

[cojak]

Why did you drag this up?

Been in the IR35 forum lately?

[BrilloPad]

Been in the IR35 forum lately?

WSS....

It makes a nice change for a mod to agree with me rather than banning me....

[fool]

Well that's my point: if you have upskilled/added up-to-date experience then you can still get mainframe work, which may well use the Old Testament skills as well as the New; but if all you have is old mainframe skills then nobody wants them.

A lot of it just depends on attitude. You get a lot of the "not in my wheelhouse", "don't train your replacement", or "lets negotiate a new rate" type of responses around here, but the reality is that's just locking yourself in a box

Both vertical and horizontal movement is entirely possible as a contractor, and you can do it whilst leaving at 5. You just need to not be a Tulip.

I've had 3-4 different job roles doing wildly different things since this post.

[NotAllThere]

Been in the IR35 forum lately?

E.g. https://www.contractoruk.com/forums/...rmination.html