Got up this morning, SSS'ed, pu ton a suit for the first time in over 2 years and drove to Bonn in really tulip weather, snow, rain, snow, etc. Phone rang while I was on the way there and a mate at a services/software consultancy found me a gig in Köln and has asked me to price it up to put to the customer (by this evening.) Checked the specs and am not too interested as it has some specifics which I can't do (well I could muddle through) and some I don't like such as on-call during the night in the week and all over the weekend. Think I'll price it too high plus I've been to the company before and don't really like them as they turned down my proposal for a VTS system.
Anyway got to Bonn and met up with 2 guys from seperate companies and then visited the customer. They told me what they had and wanted, I told them what I knew although they had already read my CV. Asked me when I can start and that was after about 30 minutes chit-chat, not bad and sorted. 3 days a week which can be variable up until the end of the year with a possibility of another 3 years and in the public sector (a ministry and to do with money.) Oh and 10€ an hour more than the previous contractm nice.
Also the 'Mericans I work for have been bought by a lrger company and had a long teleconference with the legal counsel of the new owners and they offered me $150 per hour to continue what I'm doing in the way of support plus an extra contract on a project basis. Not too sure if that will come off as they are not interested in working in the EMEA region as such. But not too worry as the next day the manufacturers of the hardware and software contacted me and asked me to be their representative in EMEA and we're just drawing up the agreements now. Sorted again.
Also semi-agreed to a project in Frankfurt but doesn't start until March and as its on a consultancy basis then going to try for a 2 day a week (plus extra) there. See what happens.
So Friday 13th ain't all that bad except I promised the missus I would stay in this evening when I don't arf fancy a bevvie now...
Anyway got to Bonn and met up with 2 guys from seperate companies and then visited the customer. They told me what they had and wanted, I told them what I knew although they had already read my CV. Asked me when I can start and that was after about 30 minutes chit-chat, not bad and sorted. 3 days a week which can be variable up until the end of the year with a possibility of another 3 years and in the public sector (a ministry and to do with money.) Oh and 10€ an hour more than the previous contractm nice.
Also the 'Mericans I work for have been bought by a lrger company and had a long teleconference with the legal counsel of the new owners and they offered me $150 per hour to continue what I'm doing in the way of support plus an extra contract on a project basis. Not too sure if that will come off as they are not interested in working in the EMEA region as such. But not too worry as the next day the manufacturers of the hardware and software contacted me and asked me to be their representative in EMEA and we're just drawing up the agreements now. Sorted again.
Also semi-agreed to a project in Frankfurt but doesn't start until March and as its on a consultancy basis then going to try for a 2 day a week (plus extra) there. See what happens.
So Friday 13th ain't all that bad except I promised the missus I would stay in this evening when I don't arf fancy a bevvie now...
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