I'm starting to worry

[Moscow Mule]

Supply teacher is an option if you have a degree.

And a teaching qualification, up to date CRB checks & numerous other bits of paper...

[milanbenes]

lad's

in terms of barometer,

I think the time to really worry,

is when us .NETters are on the bench

because if .NETters are on the bench then things are _really_ bad !

make mine a pint of greene king ipa

ta

Milan.

[Mich the Tester]

Of course I can maintain my lifestyle pulling pints. I just do this IT lark for the sheer excitment.

Yep, but what's the aim right now and what's realistic? Sure, if you can keep pulling in big sums of money then best of luck, but if you can just stumble through the recession and come out relatively unscathed with your savings intact then the big money will return in the future.

I say this somewhat hypocritically having dined in two different Michelin star restaurants at the weekend.

[uky kozak]

Hmm got an offer of helping out at the scuba diving center in chepstow a couple of days a week from my mate. Probably take it on so I wont have to pay to use the facilities.
Lets see the tax man get me now 35m under the water :-)

[Moscow Mule]

Lets see the tax man get me now 35m under the water :-)

You'd be surprised how far the tax man's noodly appendages reach...

[milanbenes]

uky kozak,

if you're gonna put in a few hours at the quarry then you can start by cleaning up the entrance, it's a flippin' mess and doesn't at all do the place any justice

rest of us,

the key to IT in any recession, is to simply,

stay in the game at all costs

'cos if you are out of the game when the market turns you will have deskilled and miss the upswing

furthermore, I am always happy with recessions, because they compound the future situation in two ways, people get kicked out of the game, and new blood from universities does not come into the game as the is no work,

and therefore,

compoundly, when the upturn comes, there will be fewer hands to do the work and hence, rates should increase handsomely

good luck all

Milan.

[Mich the Tester]

Hmm got an offer of helping out at the scuba diving center in chepstow a couple of days a week from my mate. Probably take it on so I wont have to pay to use the facilities.
Lets see the tax man get me now 35m under the water :-)

that sounds quite good fun

[expat]

It can’t be such a bad thing to do a lowly job for a little while. OK, so shelf stacking is boring, but you could ask local shopkeepers if they need some help; they might need a bit of help with IT too, which you can put on your CV in a pimped up way. Perhaps your local boozer needs people part time. Supply teacher is an option if you have a degree. All these kinds of work will bring you into contact with people you might not otherwise have dealt with and what’s more, they’ll help keep the war chest intact as long as you don’t have a very lavish lifestyle.

Well, those of us who have a substantial mortgage payment probably have to think first of whether they are going to try to keep the house or sell up unwillingly into a depressed market.

It's not hard to have a substantial mortgage payment without having a lavish lifestyle, BTW. And if you do, shelf-stacking or bar work is no better than no work at all.

[uky kozak]

@Milan

Yep agree on the entrance but they are waiting for planning cos the helicopter pad is gonna be there. It was only a temporary entrance while the new entrance is being constructed.(Again waiting for permission cos it takes forever in that neck of the woods.)

No I will not be out of the game as I have invested too much of my life to application repackaging and app-v. Its a good area to be in, so long as they keep releasing new OS's.

[CheeseSlice]

You'd be surprised how far the tax man's noodly appendages reach...

Nice imagery, I'm going to have nightmares for the next 2 weeks