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    #21
    Originally posted by n5gooner
    yes I guess some skills can keep you upto date by using them, so .net is a good example. Bad examples would be operating system support/design
    I've never designed an operating system. I can imagine it's pretty tricky...

    Older and ...well, just older!!

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      #22
      Originally posted by ratewhore
      I've never designed an operating system. I can imagine it's pretty tricky...


      hahaha - but at least you get my drift.
      SA says;
      Well you looked so stylish I thought you batted for the other camp - thats like the ultimate compliment!

      I couldn't imagine you ever having a hair out of place!

      n5gooner is awarded +5 Xeno Geek Points.
      (whatever these are)

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        #23
        Originally posted by ratewhore
        I've never designed an operating system. I can imagine it's pretty tricky...

        Nah, depends how much complexity is required.

        threaded in "Those who don't know UNIX are condemned to reinvent it; poorly." mode
        Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
        threadeds website, and here's my blog.

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          #24
          Originally posted by n5gooner
          do a lot of contractors just re-sign without thinking? taking the easy route.
          There is a peculiar breed of contractor who adores such conditions. They are the members of the Programme Management Office. They sit on a contract for year after year after year

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            #25
            Originally posted by ratewhore
            It'a a risk based decision innit? Do I take the extension with a strong possibility of extending again and again, or do I take a new contract and take the risk of no extension in 3 or 6 months.

            We're all different and will make our own decisions so no-ones in a position to judge or condemn!!

            RW in 'moral high-ground' mode...


            In my book if you stay on site for more than 2 years you aren't a proper contrator, you ARE a permie
            The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

            But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

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              #26
              Originally posted by threaded
              Nah, depends how much complexity is required.

              threaded in "Those who don't know UNIX are condemned to reinvent it; poorly." mode
              MS-DOS, IBM-DOS, CPM, DR-DOS etc etc etc.
              SA says;
              Well you looked so stylish I thought you batted for the other camp - thats like the ultimate compliment!

              I couldn't imagine you ever having a hair out of place!

              n5gooner is awarded +5 Xeno Geek Points.
              (whatever these are)

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                #27
                Originally posted by lukemg
                So, you were a contractor for years ?
                Just say that now you're becoming a family man and your wife is pregnant and you have a small child you need to settle down to the security of a permanent, long term position

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by GiGo
                  Just say that now you're becoming a family man and your wife is pregnant and you have a small child you need to settle down to the security of a permanent, long term position
                  You're 'avin' a larf incha?
                  Oh Jesus - Disaster Management Ltd.
                  You know you'll need us!

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                    #29
                    George 3, now there is a mans O/S.
                    Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
                    threadeds website, and here's my blog.

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by threaded
                      George 3, now there is a mans O/S.
                      Oddly enough threaded this was the first Mainframe OS I encountered back in 1984, ran on the ICL Mainframe as I recall ...

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