Oh bother

[MyUserName]

I have heard that the cyber security market in the UK is doing well, could you direct yourself at that?

[TheFaQQer]

could your problem be that as a contractor you need to me a master on what you do, rather than a jack of all trades? Are you a coder, are you a BA or are you a PM?

I had this discussion with a manager I know this week - he was confident he could get me into the role (and that I could do it without much bother), if he didn't have to present my CV. The problem is that because I do lots of everything, it's hard to explain on paper that I can do all of them well.

I've tried doing the specialist bit - the problem is that waiting for the right role and someone comes along and says "oh, you can do HR as well, can't you? I've got a six month role..." makes it difficult to turn round and say "I'd rather wait for a non-existent role in the specialism that I enjoy"

[TheFaQQer]

I have heard that the cyber security market in the UK is doing well, could you direct yourself at that?

I've been looking at the Koenig Solutions bootcamps for that kind of thing - trouble is that by the time I'm going to be out of contract, heading to India or Dubai for six weeks will fry me. Maybe next winter.....

[aussielong]

As far as the UK market is concerned suity is no good because

a) Hasn't done any hands on coding for over 2 years so no coding roles for suity.

Surely you can get a coding job if you've spent 14/16 years at it. You could massage your CV slightly and turn yourself back into a coder. Slight manipulations after 14 years of experience don't matter.

[original PM]

Surely you can get a coding job if you've spent 14/16 years at it. You could massage your CV slightly and turn yourself back into a coder. Slight manipulations after 14 years of experience don't matter.

hmm and that is exactly what is screwing the market

so he gets a job by blagging his skills and therefore struggles to deliver or has to spend huge amount of evenings and weekends boning up....

fookin cowboy

[aussielong]

hmm and that is exactly what is screwing the market

so he gets a job by blagging his skills and therefore struggles to deliver or has to spend huge amount of evenings and weekends boning up....

fookin cowboy

After 14 years at it, he would hardly be blagging.

Only a "generic" PM would believe that.

[d000hg]

Or you could do aussie's course...

[TheFaQQer]

After 14 years at it, he would hardly be blagging.

Did you see who started this thread??

[KentPhilip]

You could massage your CV slightly and turn yourself back into a coder. Slight manipulations after 14 years of experience don't matter.

If your back is against the wall then you need to get creative with things like CVs and interview performance.
Remember that in general clients are too risk averse than is best for them. So to give them what they need you need to take the risks yourself. So change dates on CVs to make it look like you have more recent experience etc than you actually do. Unless you are hoping to work for a bank or MI5 they won't properly check the dates etc. You get the job, and they get someone better suited to what they need than some muppet who they would otherwise hire who has more recent experience but is no good at the job.

[original PM]

After 14 years at it, he would hardly be blagging.

Only a "generic" PM would believe that.

depends - if has been coding in a 10 year old language for the last 14 years then it may be an issue

if he has not been coding in a language we need it could be an issue

but any sort of lying/bending the truth/bigging up a skill used once etc is blagging

it's a bit like hiring a builder to build you an extension and finding that his extensive building knowledge consist of wattle n daub method