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    #21
    I smell the odour of a feeble sockpuppet.

    It's a fairly obvious attempt at someone trolling as a fake ICT visa holding underpaid permy.

    Yet another pathetic attempt at sockpuppetry, it's not even vaguely amusing.

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      #22
      Originally posted by gauche View Post
      Hi all,

      Just looking for some general advice/guidance here.

      I am a consultant and just got a visa that allows me to do contracting. Therefore, I am looking for contract work and will be resigning from my employer when I find one.

      The thing is, I really like the client I am currently consulting for, and am quite enjoying the project, too. The client also likes me and insisted on having me on board.

      I am pondering whether I should tell the client that I am looking to get into contracting in the hopes that they will offer to take me on (and pay less than they're charged through my consulting firm, incidentally).

      The risk here is that various non-compete clauses in contracts may prevent them from taking me on. Therefore, they may get worried that I won't be around for long and insist on going back to my employer and asking for a replacement. That is lose/lose for me.

      However, they could potentially find a way around those clauses or pay my employer a lump sum to take me on as a contractor - not sure.

      Anyone have any thoughts/guidance on this?
      I've done it, but as a move from long-term contract to perm.

      I was working as long term contract (IR35-caught ) for a small software company, and spent time based at client site of a medium-sized company.
      Latter company offered me a job on perm rate that was equivalent to old contract rate (£44K 7 years ago) and I took it.

      Mind you, I did feel a little nervous when I told my MD at the small company what I was doing - but he took it really well - I think he had been expecting it actually.

      My advice is to forget the business relationship between the two companies, and just go work where YOU are happiest - that's all that counts.

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        #23
        Originally posted by TykeMerc View Post
        I smell the odour of a feeble sockpuppet.

        It's a fairly obvious attempt at someone trolling as a fake ICT visa holding underpaid permy.

        Yet another pathetic attempt at sockpuppetry, it's not even vaguely amusing.
        If that was the case they got very little comfort here.
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          #24
          Originally posted by gauche View Post
          Some points:
          1. I'm an Aussie (shutup about The Ashes already)
          we won the ashes we won the ashes we won the ashes we won the ashes
          punter lost the ashes punter lost the ashes punter lost the ashes
          we won the ashes we won the ashes we won the ashes we won the ashes
          punter lost the ashes punter lost the ashes punter lost the ashes
          we won the ashes we won the ashes we won the ashes we won the ashes
          punter lost the ashes punter lost the ashes punter lost the ashes
          we won the ashes we won the ashes we won the ashes we won the ashes
          punter lost the ashes punter lost the ashes punter lost the ashes
          we won the ashes we won the ashes we won the ashes we won the ashes
          punter lost the ashes punter lost the ashes punter lost the ashes
          we won the ashes we won the ashes we won the ashes we won the ashes
          punter lost the ashes punter lost the ashes punter lost the ashes

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            #25
            If your that good / confident then find a new contract with another firm,
            taking risks by approaching new clients and work is what maintains your
            edge in contracting, otherwise stay as a permie.

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              #26
              Originally posted by Bright Spark View Post
              If your that good / confident then find a new contract with another firm,
              taking risks by approaching new clients and work is what maintains your
              edge in contracting, otherwise stay as a permie.
              But . . . this is a risk; a greater risk than finding a contract first and then resigning. If it weren't risky, it would be a no-brainer. And I could argue that it is a new client. I'd no longer be working for my consultancy and would instead be working directly for that consultancy's client.

              To those who accused me of trolling/stealing "their" jobs, all I can say is that your attitude and ignorance astounds me. I dedicate a large part of my time to helping the development community at large for the betterment of our craft. Chances are I've helped some of you in the past for no personal gain. If this is karma, she's a bitch. Oh well,

              PS. My replies are taking a long time to appear on the forums, making it hard to converse.

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                #27
                To those who accused me of trolling/stealing "their" jobs, all I can say is that your attitude and ignorance astounds me.

                Grow up, you're just catching a bit of backlash. You're talking to a community that has seen 50,000 jobs disappear in the last few years to people who are not from the EU. We tend not to be too sympathetic to such as they. Can't imagine why....
                Blog? What blog...?

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by malvolio View Post
                  Grow up, you're just catching a bit of backlash
                  Fair enough. My apologies if it came across as childish.

                  What about all the immigrants leaving, not to mention all the emigrants "taking" jobs in other countries? Have you seen the official figures? They would suggest that net migration has lowered, thus there is less competition in the job market.

                  Don't get me wrong: I'm as ignorant of all this as the next person. All I'm saying is that I think it's easy to point the finger at immigrants in the middle of a recession.

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                    #29
                    Originally posted by gauche View Post
                    Wow, you guys sure know how to sell contracting! Or mayhaps you're just trying to keep competition to a minimum in these tough times?
                    Glad you can laugh about it. Going contracting here now would be batty.

                    Originally posted by gauche View Post
                    I'm an Aussie
                    That's a win 'cos Strines don't pay employment taxes. At least, over the years I've worked with them, I've never known any pay any. They just go home when the taxman gets shirty. But have you the balls to do that?

                    Originally posted by gauche View Post
                    I like London, and so does my family
                    I take it you got pads to live in and need to pay for.

                    Originally posted by gauche View Post
                    I'm a very competent (if I do say so myself) developer (.NET, C#, WPF, Silverlight, Surface etc)
                    There's a few roles like that on Jobserve you could pitch for. And if you're that good you'll bowl them over at interview. Just test the field before you get out of consultancy.

                    You could probably rescue your employment position and be happy, and rise like a Phoenix from the ashes.
                    Last edited by RichardCranium; 26 August 2009, 10:56.
                    My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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                      #30
                      "Have you seen the official figures"

                      i laugh in the face of official figures

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