Twenty Five Years of Contracting

[TwoWolves]

Well I made it, still going strong and the very thought of going permie still makes me queasy.

Started out doing C and Ingres now doing Java 8 microservices in the cloud with Big-Data/No-SQL.

[northernladuk]

You're nothing until you've seen Fat Lazy Contractor naked.

[BR14]

25 years?? - well, - it's a start i suppose

[TwoWolves]

25 years?? - well, - it's a start i suppose

I reckon I could manage another 25, just.

[malvolio]

This made me realise I have almost identical permie and contracting careers at 23 years each, not counting a few mickey jobs when I left school. I know which half I much preferred doing!

[TwoWolves]

This made me realise I have almost identical permie and contracting careers at 23 years each, not counting a few mickey jobs when I left school. I know which half I much preferred doing!

I only managed 4.5 years of permanent work before the allure of contracting took me, I hated appraisals the worst even though they were always excellent. You know, you worked hard and produced miracles but there's been a lot of capital expenses this year...