how many have you had?
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35o: i'm green0.00%01: i'm a contractor me!11.43%42 - 3: stringing a few together8.57%34 - 8: plan a is working well34.29%129 - 15: doing it with my eye's shut17.14%616 - 30: getting bored now.17.14%6andyw signs my contracts11.43%4 -
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>16 but not actually bored with being a contractor.
Some have been long >2 years, some short <2 months, but I've enjoyed the variety and the change in my role over the last 17 and closing on 18 years.Comment
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but on the bench for a while now....this could be end.
And I live in place where there are pitifully few permanent jobs.McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."Comment
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Can't be worse than Middlesbrough, I've had over 30 contracts in 10 years, only 1 was based locallyOriginally posted by lilelvis2000 View Postbut on the bench for a while now....this could be end.
And I live in place where there are pitifully few permanent jobs.Who has time? Who has time? But then if we do not ever take time, how can we ever have time?Comment
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I have been contracting for 20 years 12 days. About 10 companies, 15 stints, I suppose about 40 diffeent contracts?Comment
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