Four interviews in a row, perm and contract I need to complete client based tests, ranging from 20 minutes to half a flipping day.
Does this mean taking time and effort to pass ISTQB, ISEB, IKM and OGC certified exams are a waste of space??
There is absolutely nothing, nada, stuff all contracting in my area just now apart from a major firm who advised the agent I was too good and would make the test manager on the project feel uncomfortable. Understandable for a permie job, but contracting you surely want the best that there is?!?
Seriously tempted to take a nice local job for mid 30's for a few years which I can quite literally cycle to instead of chasing down contracts that are not in existance.
Is the gamble of seeing how things are on the contract market in the new year one that is worth taking these days, like it was in the old days?
Local contracts seem to be around the pro-rata 45K mark which is making me feel that it is not worth the faff.
It is clear that firms are now wanting their testers to be hybrid developers - eg, I am being asked not just for experience of having testing on c#, but need to have actual development coding skills.
It is scary out there......
Does this mean taking time and effort to pass ISTQB, ISEB, IKM and OGC certified exams are a waste of space??
There is absolutely nothing, nada, stuff all contracting in my area just now apart from a major firm who advised the agent I was too good and would make the test manager on the project feel uncomfortable. Understandable for a permie job, but contracting you surely want the best that there is?!?
Seriously tempted to take a nice local job for mid 30's for a few years which I can quite literally cycle to instead of chasing down contracts that are not in existance.
Is the gamble of seeing how things are on the contract market in the new year one that is worth taking these days, like it was in the old days?
Local contracts seem to be around the pro-rata 45K mark which is making me feel that it is not worth the faff.
It is clear that firms are now wanting their testers to be hybrid developers - eg, I am being asked not just for experience of having testing on c#, but need to have actual development coding skills.
It is scary out there......
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