Unemployed in 5 hours......

[roadster198]

My current contract finishes in just under 5 hours. I've not been out of work for nearly 2 years now. Always finished one gig and into another.

This time round though I have cash to cover me for around 5 months but I'm having to cure my contracrtoritis (buy whatever I see) sharpish.

I'm trying hard to find the positives.... Time off to do what I want etc etc however the butterflies are there and I'm a little worried to be honest

It's my intention to do some homers for the locals if I can not quite a plan B but some work might come out of it who knows.

I also might hit the books and brush up on my skills.

Anyone got any other ideas (genuine please )

[oracleslave]

Anyone got any other ideas (genuine please )

Go permie.

HTH.

[chicane]

If it makes you feel better, you'll still be technically employed assuming you're running a limited company. It's just that your company won't be making any money and won't be able to pay you much of a salary.

If all else fails, there's always the Wilmslow way.

[rootsnall]

Anyone got any other ideas (genuine please )

Go on a .Net course pronto

That feeling in the stomach is good, if you lose that you are in trouble. 5 months is plenty to be quite choosy and I don't think things are as bad out there as some are saying on here, quite the opposite in my game.

[roadster198]

Go on a .Net course pronto

That feeling in the stomach is good, if you lose that you are in trouble. 5 months is plenty to be quite choosy and I don't think things are as bad out there as some are saying on here, quite the opposite in my game.

Genuine question how difficult is .net to learn?

I don't come from a programming background.

[BrilloPad]

My current contract finishes in just under 5 hours. I've not been out of work for nearly 2 years now. Always finished one gig and into another.

This time round though I have cash to cover me for around 5 months but I'm having to cure my contracrtoritis (buy whatever I see) sharpish.

I'm trying hard to find the positives.... Time off to do what I want etc etc however the butterflies are there and I'm a little worried to be honest

It's my intention to do some homers for the locals if I can not quite a plan B but some work might come out of it who knows.

I also might hit the books and brush up on my skills.

Anyone got any other ideas (genuine please )

helping on an open source project?

[gingerjedi]

In hindsight I could have taken quite a few contracts but I considered most of them 'beneath me', I held on thinking a perfect one would come up eventually as it always has in the past.

After 4 months on the bench my funds have dried up and I'm about to start a gig on my lowest rate in 5 years and on top of that it's miles away, my advice is take whatever you can get and never stop looking.

[roadster198]

helping on an open source project?

I'm afraid thats just like work to me. IT for me is not a hobby it pays for those hobbies I do like