What should I do?

[Moscow Mule]

Sub it out.

[insur]

You don't have the contractor balls to deal with your situation at your client, you don't have the contractor nouse to pick something up and deal with it when it gets a bit sticky, hell you can't even post in the right forum...

You sure you are cut out for the marlarky?

I would leave the client if I was you. Plenty more work out there that isn't going to stress you.



Totally this.... for those that are up to it.

I'm begnining to wonder if any of us have balls as big as yours mate.

I bet behind the avatar is a weeny little man who gets bossed by his wife and this forum provides him the opportunity to play the big man.

[Mich the Tester]

If you have used the technology previously, then you have some knowledge of it, why not use this opportunity to brush up your skills? might lead to a longer contract!

whs

If necessary, take a couple of days off and do a refresher course or go through any books you might be able to find.

[eek]

Kerchiing kerchiing kerchiing.

See it as an opportunity. I had my first module deployed into our internal Sales Force System

For reference when you put it on your Cv its Salesforce(.com) not Sales Force but apart from that accept the work, read up quickly, invoice and

[insur]

whs

If necessary, take a couple of days off and do a refresher course or go through any books you might be able to find.

To my mind, to survive in the development world, we have to stay current, which is what I am at the moment.

In development, no one wants to hire a jack of all trades and master of none.

A CV with a mish mash of development languages in the current contract world is useless.

[SupremeSpod]

To my mind, to survive in the development world, we have to stay current, which is what I am at the moment.

In development, no one wants to hire a jack of all trades and master of none.

A CV with a mish mash of development languages in the current contract world is useless.

Bollocks.

[northernladuk]

I'm begnining to wonder if any of us have balls as big as yours mate.

I bet behind the avatar is a weeny little man who gets bossed by his wife and this forum provides him the opportunity to play the big man.

Possibly, but at least I am not a fawning bedwetter that is incapable of being a contractor.

[eek]

To my mind, to survive in the development world, we have to stay current, which is what I am at the moment.

In development, no one wants to hire a jack of all trades and master of none.

A CV with a mish mash of development languages in the current contract world is useless.

Given the email I just got from an agent asking for Java, Python, .net, vb6, oracle, sql server I don't think that's really valid. Yes for noddy development work but at the next level up you need multiple skills .

Plus at my local cushy number contractors are being binned. Well the single trick ones are, I'm currently discussing a 6 month extension for Feb-August next year.

[insur]

Possibly, but at least I am not a fawning bedwetter that is incapable of being a contractor.

You must have a low opinion of people if you think they're your equals.

[Mich the Tester]

To my mind, to survive in the development world, we have to stay current, which is what I am at the moment.

In development, no one wants to hire a jack of all trades and master of none.

A CV with a mish mash of development languages in the current contract world is useless.

You're rightto some extent, but that's why you need to stretch the truth to its outermost edges to get work. If companies make ridiculous demands in job ads, with long lists of tools, methodologies, platforms and so on then you can be pretty sure that nobody fulfills all the requirements; it's simple set theory or database stuff, add another condition to a SQL query and you get less results. Right now, because there aren't many contracts going and the agents and HR numpties are getting piles of CVs for every job, they're just adding more and more conditions or skills to the list to try and reduce the number of CVs coming in; they must surely know, if they have a half decent education, that that actually reduces the chance of getting an honest and competent person for the job; if you have ALL the skills you're either;

- a liar, or
- a jack of all trades, master of none

I deduce from this that that's what hiring companies are looking for, so that's what they will get.

It's a bit of a shame for those of us who've prided ourselves on being serious specialists in our field, but unfortunately we have to deal with idiots before we get contracts.