Post-Contracting Life

[vetran]

The missus had a similar problem. After she left her job she had a hole to fill so found something that's hands on. It's maybe not for everyone as she said it's a bit in her face at times. Why not ask her about it next time you book in.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to northernladuk again.

Bugger, it was the thought that counts!

[GJABS]

You mean we aren't worth arguing with?

Well you are, but this site is rather keen on banning people for having views they don't like, so I'd rather keep my gob shut and stay on it

[GJABS]

BTW have you ever thought of doing any sort of volunteer work?

To answer the other point, yes I have. But (and this reply can go to OP as well) I have actually been spending my time writing a stock market trading system, so I am actually fairly busy.
Trouble is that to get a robust system in place that isn't going to go wrong and inadvertently spend your life savings, you have to build it to be fairly robust. And that has taken me much longer than I thought it would.

And that's before considering whether it can actually make any money.

But it is quite interesting and absorbing, and I have learned C# programming on the way, which might be of some use (although I think it's all indians now doing coding isn't it?)

[vetran]

You mean we aren't worth arguing with?

BTW have you ever thought of doing any sort of volunteer work? There is a massive variety out there for various time commitments and varying skills.

For example if you do a sport you can help out with events, if you drink real ale then there is stuff you can do for CAMRA, if you are good at gardening/environmental stuff there are stuff you can do for that etc.

Good call. Sort someone else's shoes or food and you get a new appreciation of how good your life is.

Also as a seasoned PM have you thought of lecturing?

Plenty of PM training courses need to be taught!

Chap who taught my Prince course had part retired and flew over from Spain/Greece to teach & stay at a nice hotel with his wife (who shopped while he lectured) for a week or two. I suspect most of his earnings went on nice meals & his wife's Harrods charge card but he seemed happy enough.

Have you thought of troubleshooting? Plenty of death march projects you can save from Suity's sweet embrace.

[SueEllen]

Well you are, but this site is rather keen on banning people for having views they don't like, so I'd rather keep my gob shut and stay on it

Depends on your views and most importantly how you express them.

If you are like the idiot FrontToBack then you are too stupid to indulge in the pleasures of the English language to have "interesting" conversations with people.

[vetran]

Well you are, but this site is rather keen on banning people for having views they don't like, so I'd rather keep my gob shut and stay on it

nah you should hear the things we say to AssGuru!

[SueEllen]

Good call. Sort someone else's shoes or food and you get a new appreciation of how good your life is.

Actually that's not what I meant.

Depending on what you volunteer for and do it can happily keep you occupied e.g. sports coaches the UK are frequently volunteers.

If you impact on someone's life positively - and some people you won't know for years or even decades that you have - then you are lucky.

[Fred Bloggs]

Be a British educated engineer with many years experience.

Well done SE!

[Fred Bloggs]

Where can you get a job like that. Iraq?

It would be 2 or 3x that for Iraq plus ex Marines body guard. Not for me though. Iraq fails the "somewhere nice" test.

[northernladyuk]

Well you are, but this site is rather keen on banning people for having views they don't like, so I'd rather keep my gob shut and stay on it

Why would you want to be on a site where you are not allowed to express your distasteful views?