To Go Contracting.. or not to go Contracting...?

[tay]

I get the top end rates, because I'm known to be very good. But it's only about double the low end rate.

You need to back yourself more.....

[Archangel]

• Money
• Master of my own destiny
• Money
• Not bothering about dickwad permies e.g. sasguru types
• The thrill of 'the next contract'
• Money
• No bulltulip 360 reviews
• Did I mention money?

HTH

What the Troll said

[Dow Jones]

All of the above

...it's a bit like some of the multiple choice questions you get where all the answers seem right, so 'All of the above' here seems the right one.
'Money' should be the initial motivating factor, however after a while and if/when things go well, it becomes less of a driving force. As I said before, money should be one (not the only) thing that should make you get out of bed every morning when contracting.
The parallel with footballers is maybe overdoing it here, but have we not seen many successful ones disappearing as easy as they've appeared, because of lack of 'motivation'? Is it for them 'love of football', 'pride in your team' or 'good bunch of fellow players' that does it? It maybe one or more depending on the situation.
Much like the early morning training and always keeping fit and injury-free, spare a thought for the contractors that have to take the tulipe contract, dealing with awkward people AND having to get up at the crack of dawn to drive 150 miles or catch the 07.00 Easyjet flight to some part of the UK/world. When I talk to permies, the only motivation they can think of is their pensions and the fact that most can commute to work in less than an hour (the last one being a deciding factor in their choice for work). Sad.

[DS23]

...spare a thought for the contractors that have to take the tulipe contract, dealing with awkward people AND having to get up at the crack of dawn to drive 150 miles or catch the 07.00 Easyjet flight to some part of the UK/world...

it's the 06.00 flight and i'm definitely only in it for the money.

[ratewhore]

The money allows me the flexible lifestyle I want (I like my holidays).

As for working longer hours - only if they're paid for, and if I choose to, which is rarely to never...

[ChimpMaster]

Is there an "Ideal People" exhibition?