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What was the last substantial skill you learnt on a contract?

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    #11
    The power of the Weibull distribution, was so used to the Poisson beforehand.
    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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      #12
      They wanted me to do more C# but I managed to find a niche working on C++/CLI

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        #13
        Business skills - Fundamentals & custom index strategies.
        ...my quagmire of greed....my cesspit of laziness and unfairness....all I am doing is sticking two fingers up at nurses, doctors and other hard working employed professionals...

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          #14
          What was the last substantial skill you learnt on a contract?
          Obfuscation.
          And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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            #15
            Originally posted by zeitghost
            Sleeping with my eyes open whilst scrolling up & down a file.
            I've been trying that for years but just can't quite master it.
            And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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              #16
              Surfing da internet and posting on CUK while looking busy enough to convince clientco that I am a conscientious and hard worker.

              Keeping my head beneath the parapet.
              Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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                #17
                On one contract I learned vba programming - which I still do today. and on another Oracle PL/SQL - Both of which I knew nothing about but still got the contract!

                These days I'm picking up php as I'm customising a EMR system to market it to physicians in Africa.
                McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
                Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."

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                  #18
                  I learnt to juggle courtesy of the RBS / Nat West merger
                  How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by Sysman View Post
                    Surfing da internet and posting on CUK while looking busy enough to convince clientco that I am a conscientious and hard worker.

                    Keeping my head beneath the parapet.
                    Essential contractor skills.
                    Public Service Posting by the BBC - Bloggs Bulls**t Corp.
                    Officially CUK certified - Thick as f**k.

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                      #20
                      How to control the fist of death.

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