IT not worth it anymore?

[Lucifer Box]

Well lorry driving is only around £30k/year - thats the plan b only to be done while looking for contracts.

Sockpuppet, tupperware parties are the future. Should feature as every responsible contractor's plan B.

[Lucy]

Sockpuppet, tupperware parties are the future. Should feature as every responsible contractor's plan B.

Didn't think plastic would be much use to you LB ?

[Sockpuppet]

Sockpuppet, tupperware parties are the future. Should feature as every responsible contractor's plan B.

Well that or Man Summers..... erm...thats just disturbing.

[Lucifer Box]

Didn't think plastic would be much use to you LB ?

I like to be prudent, just in case.

[Lucy]

I like to be prudent, just in case.

Just in case you don't live in a very hot place ?

[rootsnall]

Thanks for all the responses. I know that if i want to work in it i'm going to have to start at the bottom, and helpdesk and technician roles would suck my soul out, which i just can't do. That and it seems that people are always saying good tradesmen can make a ton of money and are always in demand. Its not just the money i am interested in, although it is a big part, but i also need to like what i do and eventually being my own boss.

I would get your degree as an absolute minimum and then worry about the next stage in a few years time. Can you not do IT mixed with something else ?

IT contractors have been talking the demise of IT for 20 years but the number of jobs keep on growing ( with the odd slump ) and if you have got half a clue you should earn a reasonable living at it.

I know a lot of tradesmen and most of them work hard for less than 200 a day and are nearly all looking for an exit strategy by age 40. Most would jump at the chance of a cushy IT desk job. A few CORGI plumbers working for themselves may earn more than that but plenty don't and they will be grafting hard for it.

[Sockpuppet]

Just in case you don't live in a very hot place ?

LB did use pyrex but it started to chafe.

[Lucy]

LB did use pyrex but it started to chafe.

chafe ?

[expat]

I wish I had gone into sports management or something to do with sports.....don't know why I didn't...although I didn't go into IT for the money, just that there was all the hype on IT when I was doing my a-levels back in 1996.......the newest thing......

How does one become a football agent???

Basketball coach??? Not in demand in UK...

Punctuation?

[expat]

Wouldn't bother with the Doctor thing. Human bodies don't change much. But laws and accounts: every year stuff changes ... job for life at high rates.

Yes, but if you take a break you're off the train. A 2005/6 tax advisor follows the changes and becomes a 2006/7 tax advisor: where else would they come from? But a 2002/3 tax advisor is worth as much this year as a 3-year old buffalo bagel.