So how old do you have to be to be a Contractor?

[milanbenes]

ooops

Milan.

[AngelOfTheNorth]

Started contracting in 83, began by moving half a dozen VAX3's across the office, think they were linked to an Argus 400, that was the first intro to IT. not done very much since, its been stop,go,stop,go, and here we are now, again in a slowdown, still optimistic, well you can't give in can you?

Holy crp ..... I was still learning my times tables back then!!!

Big up respect for the golden oldies on here!

[BlasterBates]

I think the young contractors start as project managers in junior positions to learn the ropes as it were, and work there way up into the more senior development roles.

[NotAllThere]

I started age 26, because I had a permie job with c(r)apita that I hated. Got a great first contract, doing VAX/VMS All-In-One programming and doubled my income. Then went permie to get ".net" experience for a year.

I've also noticed that there are few young .netters around. And the subcontinental ones tend to program for a couple of years before going into the functional areas. Which means that the pool of decent developers, on shore, is dwindling.

[milanbenes]

ooops


Milan.

[expat]

Started contracting in 83

Phew! For a moment I thought you said "at", not "in".

In 83 I had already been contracting for 5 years and was already wondering how long the gravy train would last.

[NotAllThere]

Interestingly, in Basle, InfoSys have been recruiting techy admins recently - from the UK - on good permie salaries.

[milanbenes]

very good

Milan.

[DotNetDeveloper]

Im a wee nipper, at least relatively to the mean age in the poll.

5 years .NET dev experience, 26 years of age.

[MarillionFan]

Im a wee nipper, at least relatively to the mean age in the poll.

5 years .NET dev experience, 26 years of age.

Does your mum know you're using the Internet?