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Location: MexicoOriginally posted by weemster View Post -
ceefax was better in my opinionRule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.
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This bit confused me:
Anyhow, I'd be up for a job in Mexico - Market rate right? 1.5k a day I reckonSend and coordinate TAR's (Technical Assistant Request)Speaking gibberish on internet talkboards since last Michaelmas. Plus here on TwitterComment
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You'd take a pay cut to work in Mexico?Originally posted by MrMark View PostThis bit confused me:
Anyhow, I'd be up for a job in Mexico - Market rate right? 1.5k a day I reckon
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If the crap UK market keeps letting me down, I'll consider working for nothing, just to prevent a huge gap appearing on my cv.Originally posted by PRC1964 View PostYou'd take a pay cut to work in Mexico?
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After reading somewhere that the complete Oracle manual set has more words than every surviving book published before the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, I decided that life's too short to fill my head full of that tulip, especially as it probably all changes anyway every couple of years.
One can get by quite comfortably with a sound knowledge of MySQL and Postgres, and maybe a bit of Informix thrown in for good measure, without delving into the bottomless pit of interminable complexity that Oracle is by the sound of it (not that I'd know, never having used it
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Oracle now owns Sun which owns MySQL...Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostOne can get by quite comfortably with a sound knowledge of MySQL and PostgresComment
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