How long have you been contracting?

**speling bee** · 5 October 2012, 16:51

Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post

Just realised it's 15 years since I started contracting. I've had a couple of sneaky contract to perm stints just to make the gig last longer so effectively I'm classing it as 15.

How longs have you contracted? Poll to follow...

Where is the poll, retard?

**MarillionFan** · 5 October 2012, 16:56

Originally posted by speling bee View Post

Where is the poll, retard?

It was a biggy.

Fook me, I've been on CUK for 13 years as well.

**SimonMac** · 5 October 2012, 17:00

Since about 09:30 this morning, but its nearly home time now

**mudskipper** · 5 October 2012, 17:09

Just clocked up 3 years. Tick, tick, tick.

**MarillionFan** · 5 October 2012, 17:12

Originally posted by mudskipper View Post

Just clocked up 3 years. Tick, tick, tick.

I thought you'd contracted for years???

**mudskipper** · 5 October 2012, 17:19

Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post

I thought you'd contracted for years???

Apparently not.

24 years of permiedom leading up to it.

**TestMangler** · 5 October 2012, 17:26

I'll be seventeen years on the 16th of this month. Strictly speaking it's a year more than that as I contracted to IBM for eight months as a sole trader (yeah, I know, the early 90's eh ?) and four months PAYE through an agent but I'm not counting that as I wasn't a "proper contractor with a company n' that"

**MarillionFan** · 5 October 2012, 19:15

Cliphead is up there, but I think Xog & Zeity are the daddies if memory recalls.

**nomadd** · 5 October 2012, 20:34

Six weeks from now marks the start of my 24th year of contracting. One clean unbroken run with no permidom.

At my time of life, I'm just glad I'll never have to find a 'proper job' (as my family have been nagging me to do for the last 24 years.

)

0 -1 - It's my first year, be gentle	5.77%	3 votes
1 - 2, Fresher year was a nightmare	3.85%	2 votes
2 - 3, Doing well here	5.77%	3 votes
3 - 4, Final year	3.85%	2 votes
4 - 5, 1st Year out of contracting Uni	7.69%	4 votes
5 - 7, Getting the hang of it now	11.54%	6 votes
7 - 9, Christ, could have gone to Uni twice now!	15.38%	8 votes
10 - 12, Double digits baby	3.85%	2 votes
12 - 14, Trimester anyone?	9.62%	5 votes
14 - 16, Just like MF	7.69%	4 votes
16 - 20, Can't see my penis anymore, must cut down on lunch	7.69%	4 votes
20 - 25, The kids have left home	9.62%	5 votes
25 - 30, What's a proper job then?	1.92%	1 vote
30 + I am Zeity	0.00%	0 votes
I am AndyW	5.77%	3 votes

How long have you been contracting?