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I had a moment of weakness a few years ago and applied for a permie consultancy role. I was asked 'where do I see myself in 5 yrs'. 'Retired in Cyprus' wasn't the answer they were looking for unfortunately.
One of the best things about being a contractor though is not having to put up with that sort of rubbish. Not having to fill in an annual career development plan form is worth £10 a hour in itself!
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"I have an unpleasant tendency to throw annoying idiots who ask stupid questions through the nearest window"
Wadya reckon...would that be inappropriate?
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? - Epicurus
Anyways, one of the question that was asked was ' What are you passionate about, what makes you get up and come to work'.
To be honest my answer would have been plain and simple - 'Money'.
If that's true then I feel sorry for you, spending years and years of your life doing something you don't enjoy just for a paycheck.
Money is the reason I work for someone else, rather than develop my own software, but I wouldn't be working in software development in the first place if I didn't find it interesting, challenging and rewarding.
If that's true then I feel sorry for you, spending years and years of your life doing something you don't enjoy just for a paycheck.
Money is the reason I work for someone else, rather than develop my own software, but I wouldn't be working in software development in the first place if I didn't find it interesting, challenging and rewarding.
TBH what you are saying is right.
I have been trained to do what I do and I enjoy what I do. However I would not do it for free though and the answer I gave was something along the lines of what you mentioned.
Irrespective of whether I enjoy or not I would definitely not work for free and that is what I meant when I said 'Money'.
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