Originally posted by yellow
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Contracts in the City seem to be few and far between at the moment
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The week before last I had 2 interviews and 2 offers after being back from holiday for 2 days
Both in the city, one for a large bank using VB6 (yes VB6 ) and I have no previous banking experience, and one for a smaller company using .Net C#, SQL 2005 etc
I found the market to be slower than usual but still lots about.
The funny thing was both offers came from the same agency (which i didnt realise at the time), I accepted the smaller firm because it was more interesting and wasnt using legacy technology, then the bank upped their offer another £75 a day , So I did a U-Turn and accepted their offer.
tulip hit the fan at the agency because I was under offer from one consultant and another one came in and tried to steal me. So the directors made the second one withdraw the offer so in the end it worked out ok (except I was on a lower rate which I'm not to fussed about)Last edited by dotnetter; 9 July 2007, 14:01.Comment
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Originally posted by Euro-commuterIf it were easy to get, it wouldn't pay more. Sorry.
The question was "How do you get that experience in the first place?"
Maybe an answer might of been for example (I'm just making these up)
- Previous experience in the financial sector in another (possibly non-IT) role before becoming a developer.
- Getting yer foot in the door is what not what you know, but who you know.
- Taking a pay cut outside of the City and trying to get any gig elsewhere which would provide relevant experience.
- Relevant qualifications that could marry a computer science and finance skills.Comment
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Originally posted by yellowAbsolutely Euro-commuter, that wasn't the question though and why are you apologising?
The question was "How do you get that experience in the first place?"
Maybe an answer might of been for example (I'm just making these up)
- Previous experience in the financial sector in another (possibly non-IT) role before becoming a developer.
- Getting yer foot in the door is what not what you know, but who you know.
- Taking a pay cut outside of the City and trying to get any gig elsewhere which would provide relevant experience.
- Relevant qualifications that could marry a computer science and finance skills.
The 'General' forum is the busiest, but not the best place for serious replies (see my earlier post in this thread...).
Rule #76: No excuses. Play like a champion.Comment
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Originally posted by yellowAbsolutely Euro-commuter, that wasn't the question though and why are you apologising?
The question was "How do you get that experience in the first place?"
Maybe an answer might of been for example (I'm just making these up)
- Previous experience in the financial sector in another (possibly non-IT) role before becoming a developer.
- Getting yer foot in the door is what not what you know, but who you know.
- Taking a pay cut outside of the City and trying to get any gig elsewhere which would provide relevant experience.
- Relevant qualifications that could marry a computer science and finance skills."Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "
Thomas JeffersonComment
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[QUOTE=yellow]I was going to post this as a separate thread
Sorry yellow, suffering for a bit of demob fever at the momentFiscal nomad it's legal.Comment
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