At the beginning of my contracting career I used to have issues of being over ruled by directors or watching someone go down the wrong route. More times than not I was right and they were wrong. Sometimes I was wrong.
Now as an experienced contractor I find that my soft skills, influence, communication etc are significantly better than all of those around and above me. My technical skills are significantly lower, but I can recognise issues and through influence and approach always get a project delivered and everyone on board. It is with those skills I have been offered a Perm position not my technical skills or petulance.
As a contractor you should steer using influence. Where it is not taken you should prepare a backup plan but you should not covertly change the direction of the resource. Wait for said person to hang themselves and in their moment of need offer them a way out(even if you're not finally acknowledged for it).
Now as an experienced contractor I find that my soft skills, influence, communication etc are significantly better than all of those around and above me. My technical skills are significantly lower, but I can recognise issues and through influence and approach always get a project delivered and everyone on board. It is with those skills I have been offered a Perm position not my technical skills or petulance.
As a contractor you should steer using influence. Where it is not taken you should prepare a backup plan but you should not covertly change the direction of the resource. Wait for said person to hang themselves and in their moment of need offer them a way out(even if you're not finally acknowledged for it).
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