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I am still umming and ahhing about perm and contract offers. HELP
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Postwhen I was 26 I sat down with a pen and paperThe pope is a tard.Comment
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Originally posted by joey122 View PostIf it helps I was on a 60K package with a 10% pension and a 20% bonus at a financial institution and I ve given this up to do contracting at 400 per day.
Yes its a bit more then what you are earning, but a lot less then what others are asking for.
If I was you I would take the contract every time.Comment
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Originally posted by SallyAnne View PostDid they not have computers back then like?
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View PostThats no way to speak to an old sweat. Now come and sit on my knee and we'll talk about the first thing that comes up
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Originally posted by original PM View PostThere some images I never needed
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Originally posted by Pondlife View PostThanks for your input joey.
Now I actually have to sign a contract and make a decision I am not so sure
What's wrong with someone thinking things through thoroughly and asking more experienced people for advice??
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Originally posted by Bright Spark View PostThe thought of EO being flattened as a pancake by some fat northern lass
doesn't bear thinking about.
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My recommendation
Graduate: 21
Junior Permie: til 23
Contractor: til 35
Senior Permie: 35+ (and take contracts if you get laid off).
A lot of IT permie roles are, in reality, temporary roles and/or you have to work your nuts off for years before getting promoted. Accept these when the companies are less interested in you i.e. 35+
Take a glance at linkedin for the job title that you're interested in for the location you live in and check out how long most people with that job title stay in their jobs. You'll find out not long, it's hardly a career nowadays, hence recommend contracting until 35. By then you'll have got hacked off being a coding monkey and getting the push every year or so, and will be wanting something more stable and interesting.
If you're 26 then you need to make some money. If you do it for 9 years and live like you were on a permie wage, you should easily be able to stash away half a mill. Then go back to permiedom during the boom period - check old.jobstats.co.uk for cycles. e.g. if you were in your mid-30s now, I'd wait about 18 months and then try to get back in to permiedom, should be easy then.Comment
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