Is ContractorUK really about Contracting?

[EternalOptimist]

As far as ontracting related stuff is concerned, once you have been doing it for a few years, theres not much new under the sun. The only new stuff is people asking for advice when they have a 50/50 decision, and people asking how to handle a tricky situation.
We also get the odd troll to deal with, someone who is being nasty or provocative just to stir up a reaction - a bit like you having a go at the warhammer dudes really

[milanbenes]

MF,

I told you ten days ago,

you need a holiday

take the Mrs and the baby to the beach for a week and build sand castles in the sun

you'll feel much better

Milan.

[sasguru]

To be honest, thats the main reason why nobody on this site is successful!

I am.

HTH

[hyperD]

I posted some relatively useful info on this thread. Can't remember the last time I wrote anything useful though.

But in passing some of the mundane hours of tedium, this BB comes a close second to pot noodling and therapy.

It is, as cojak says, one of the many boards/blogs I frequent and contribute to and has its own member driven style.

And I have got alot of info from the esteemed members (Nick Fitz, malvolio etc) in the Technical, Legal and Business forums.

[DimPrawn]

To be honest, thats the main reason why nobody on this site is successful!

I am.

HTH

Why didn't you mention this before! There's us assuming you are another failed pathetic permie in a dead end job living in a violent, dirty and unfriendly city with only your crusty sockpuppet legion as friends.

[shaunbhoy]

Why didn't you mention this before! There's us assuming you are another failed pathetic permie in a dead end job living in a violent, dirty and unfriendly city with only your crusty sockpuppet legion as friends.

Don't forget his "virtual" motorbike too!!

[DimPrawn]

Don't forget his "virtual" motorbike too!!

And his "executive" shed (and I don't mean his Aygo).

[chef]

Surely now with everyone looking for a bargain tat selling is the way to go, you pulled out the market too early MF..

HTH

[MaryPoppins]

General Forum:

General issues affecting and of interest to contractors.

So what's the problem?

[OwlHoot]

I think this board is no different to any other. After time, communities develop and like real-life communities, people come, people go, people take some comfort from being around familiar faces (posters). ...

What always amazes me is how relatively _few_ regular posters there are on this board, and most others I've seen. The same goes for most blogs.

There must be two or three hundred thousand British IT contractors, and no more than a handful of forums specifically for them. I can only assume the vast majority treat somewhere like CUK as a "means to an end", rather like one might post a question about a gas boiler on a plumbing forum.

But in science, say, there are millions of students and experts worldwide, who you'd think would all be keen to partake in forum discussions and comment on blogs. So what stops them? Why doesn't a non-technical post on say, Cosmic Variance get tens of thousands of replies instead of a few dozen at most?

I suppose it it's a bit like the old question of why doesn't everyone turn up at the same restaurant on the same night, except that there are far fewer decent blogs and forums than restaurants.