Only started contracting because I couldn't get past the agency firewall to get to any interviews. Kept being told I was over-qualified or over-experienced for the permie role (since when was being too good a disqualification?) Never stopped applying for permie roles, but I really feel that the industry is only looking for automatons - if anything novel needs coding or implementing they can always outsource to "plenty cheapness" land.
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Not one hell of a chance of going permie!
I'd star some other business rather than go back being permie.I couldn't give two fornicators! Yes, really!
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Who are these three permies here?
This is a contractor board. You'll have to post under a different name if you're a permie. Or you could hang out and be a chicken I suppose, in agile speak.Cats are evil.Comment
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Permie or contractor, you are all doomed. There won't be any job in a couple of years for nobody.
ohh wait... that makes still contracting a better option...
I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.Comment
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Sorry, I was a poll virgin and shot my wad too early the first time.Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostWhere is the andyw option?
I am not voting.........Comment
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Permy singular and permies plural?Originally posted by swamp View PostAnd it's permie, not "permy".
In three months time, who will really care how you spell it. We're all doomed!Comment
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Permie singular.Originally posted by lightng View PostPermy singular and permies plural?
In three months time, who will really care how you spell it. We're all doomed!
I know 'cos I asked AndyW.Drivelling in TPD is not a mental health issue. We're just community blogging, that's all.
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I shall not question it further then.Originally posted by BrowneIssue View PostPermie singular.
I know 'cos I asked AndyW.
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