Positive things about contracting for banks here in the UK!

[sasguru]

head count

Well they would have chopped you straight away. There are better programmers in India.

[AtW]

Well they would have chopped you straight away.

No they would not have. Do you know why? Because I have no desire to work for a bank. I did have interview in 2000 with Barclays Capital but I did not like their attitude, I think shortly afterwards I read about them outsourcing IT functions or something like this

[DiscoStu]

No they would not have. Do you know why? Because I have no desire to work for a bank. I did have interview in 2000 with Barclays Capital but I did not like their attitude, I think shortly afterwards I read about them outsourcing IT functions or something like this

it only lasted 5 minutes because I didn't understand the questions they were asking me.

[sasguru]

No they would not have. Do you know why? Because I have no desire to work for a bank. I did have interview in 2000 with Barclays Capital but I did not like their attitude, I think shortly afterwards I read about them outsourcing IT functions or something like this

they kicked me out after 5 minutes because I talked crap and looked like a bag man.

[DiscoStu]

they kicked me out after 5 minutes because I talked crap and looked like a bag man.

[HairyArsedBloke]

No they would not have. Do you know why? Because I have no desire to work for a bank. I did have interview in 2000 with Barclays Capital but I did not like their attitude, I think shortly afterwards I read about them outsourcing IT functions or something like this

A former client that moved to BarCap phoned me to ask if I wanted to have a contact name so I could sell to them. I said I wanted nothing to do with the <expletive>s. He lasted less than three months before leaving; I got an e-mail from him saying that I was spot on with my judgement of them.

[AtW]

I was spot on with my judgement of them.

I've heard some stories later about it too.