Can you spot a bad gig a mile off

[Cliphead]

Quite a naive outlook don't you think?

Suity, yer stock was low to start with stop digging a hole.

[Kryten]

Suity, yer stock was low to start with stop digging a hole.

Explain?

I started a thread asking a valid question. Is this not what posters do?

[Cliphead]

Explain?

I started a thread asking a valid question. Is this not what posters do?

Colder than a well digger's arse.

[Kryten]

Colder than a well digger's arse.

Yeah, ok. Great explanation

I'll leave you to whatever your imbibing in copious quantities.

[Cliphead]

Yeah, ok. Great explanation

I'll leave you to whatever your imbibing in copious quantities.

Keep digging that hole

[socialworker]

Had a call from a pimp today. Wanted a .Net project manager.

I humoured him. They want a PM that understands .Net. Ah ok. Bless him

Am I willing to relocate? Sure why not.

It's 3 days in Oxford, and 2 in Preston. Sure, why not.

It's £325 a day.



On your bike pal. Any company that wants a PM for that kind of money is not one I want to set foot in.

Before you know it you're writing code as well and writing test cases.

I pity the poor chump that is desperate enough to chase round the country, put up mileage and hotels and be worked into the ground for that money.

So, what are the classic lines from a pimp that have you running for the exit?

"High pressure, fast paced environment"

"Work hard but play hard"

"Unrivalled growth recently"

What phrases turn you off immediately from a gig?

"Up to £16 per hour"

[Cliphead]

Negrep Suity? Yer cover's already blown

[MarillionFan]

Real contractors take rates that tie them over while looking for the next big gig.

Kerching, as opposed to KEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRCCCCCCCCCCCCHIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!

[Lockhouse]

Had a call from a pimp today. Wanted a .Net project manager.

I humoured him. They want a PM that understands .Net. Ah ok. Bless him

Am I willing to relocate? Sure why not.

It's 3 days in Oxford, and 2 in Preston. Sure, why not.

It's £325 a day.

If I wanted a break as a PM I'd take the gig, do six months, embellish the CV a bit and hey presto...

Also if I didn't have anything else on and had a wife, kids and a mortgage I'd take it until I could jump ship. At £325 per day I'd at least be breaking even rather than spunking the war chest.

Between decent banking gigs in rubbish markets (when I had small kids and a mortgage), I've written software for all kinds of people just to keep busy really - £30 per hour or some such. Pays the bills and stops me from dipping into my savings.

[MarillionFan]

If I wanted a break as a PM I'd take the gig, do six months, embellish the CV a bit and hey presto...

Also if I didn't have anything else on and had a wife, kids and a mortgage I'd take it until I could jump ship. At £325 per day I'd at least be breaking even rather than spunking the war chest.

Between decent banking gigs in rubbish markets (when I had small kids and a mortgage), I've written software for all kinds of people just to keep busy really - £30 per hour or some such. Pays the bills and stops me from dipping into my savings.

WHS

I'd rather be earning coin & continually adding to my warchest than sitting on my arse & watching it go down.