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£600-£650 a day
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Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
And being or feeling crippled by the time we are in our 50s.Comment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
And being or feeling crippled by the time we are in our 50s.
jokes apart , in 50s we should take up a physical job if we do not want to be crippled in 70sComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
And being or feeling crippled by the time we are in our 50s.
Cancer got him in the end in his 70s but he was still fit until a few months from the end.
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Yes, my FIL was a brickie. Build like the proverbial outhouse. Now in his 90's still fit as a fiddle. Dementia has got him though, so QoL is very low.Comment
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Originally posted by _V_ View PostSeems people in IT think they somehow earn good pay, £600 a day is pretty standard for Southern England even for a plasterer or electrician.
"even" a plasterer or electrician... they are skilled trades which take years to become expert at. Just because you plastered your bathroom or wired a plug doesn't make it less skilled than IT, in the same way your plasterer being able to hack themself a website doesn't make them a software developer.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View Post
I don't think that's true but even if it were, why would it mean the person in IT isn't on good pay just because someone else earns the same or more?
"even" a plasterer or electrician... they are skilled trades which take years to become expert at. Just because you plastered your bathroom or wired a plug doesn't make it less skilled than IT, in the same way your plasterer being able to hack themself a website doesn't make them a software developer.
The best plaster can add only marginal value above an average one.
I know i have saved my client at least a million quid with the elegant solutions i have given them, they would normally hire a big team that would generate a massive bloated code base with lots of bugs and cost a fortune to maintain over the next five years.Comment
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Originally posted by Fraidycat View Post
The best software developers can add millions in value to clients and employers above what they charge.
The best plaster can add only marginal value above an average one.
I know i have saved my client at least a million quid with the elegant solutions i have given them, they would normally hire a big team that would generate a massive bloated code base with lots of bugs and cost a fortune to maintain over the next five years.
And when a room full of amazing people like you can't work for a week because the electricians/plasterers were slow, how much does that cost?Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View Post
Shame you're paid based on market economics rather than commission then.
And when a room full of amazing people like you can't work for a week because the electricians/plasterers were slow, how much does that cost?"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by Fraidycat View Post
The best software developers can add millions in value to clients and employers above what they charge.
The best plaster can add only marginal value above an average one.
I know i have saved my client at least a million quid with the elegant solutions i have given them, they would normally hire a big team that would generate a massive bloated code base with lots of bugs and cost a fortune to maintain over the next five years.
I was well aware when I was earning a few hundred k a year that I was saving my client far more than that. That's why they took me on.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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