Oh Dear: it's finally happening - they're trying to seduce me to the dark side

[milanbenes]

14 years .net experience, very impressive. Wasn't .net released in 2002?

Red Sauce,

it's .net son but not as you know it

Milan.

[proggy]

Red Sauce,

it's .net son but not as you know it

Milan.

So that's the other .Net that none has heard of with no very little work out there, good luck.

[fullyautomatix]

hmm, i think you are deluded if you think a few years programming will transform you into an architect.

[Ruprect]

[milanbenes]

hmm, i think you are deluded if you think a few years programming will transform you into an architect.

well, if being deluded got me to where I am today then it can't be soo bad

good weekend all

Milan.

[SandyD]

14 years .net experience, very impressive. Wasn't .net released in 2002?

haha, I remember the old days when Milan was just trying to learn .net and talking about it in the old format board.
You are all so grown up Milan.

[Pogle]

It's a no brainer. Your missus wants you to take time off, so your contacting strategy is the way to go. In addition you will be able to stick with the technical side, which you clearly love and you will be able to pick the jobs that you like the look of. Of course, the jobs do tend to run on, which means that you may as well be a permie, and if you take a break it may become longer than intended, in fact it may become permenant. TA is a new skill, close to home, paid holidays ? it's a no-brainer, take the permenant job

Wise worms indeed

[Lockhouse]

well it's like this folks, 14 years .net contracting

and there's a .net architect role ten minutes down the road coming
up, and they are offering very good $$

I am doing my best not to get the role, not quite 'Ted' style but not far off

here's the deal....

I promised the wife, after this contract I would lower the utilisation and have breaks between contracts, that means two things,

from the end of this contract onwards, not looking for the next contract until this one ends, because in the past i'd always secured the next one before the end of the first one and finished on friday and started on monday - back to back, so by not looking for the next contract until after this one ends, I force a break between the contracts


taking shorter contracts, like 3 monthers or 4 monthers or 5 monthers, problem is in .net they normally run and run, so I need to figure that out


anyway there's this permy role, with good pay and conditions and 5 weeks holiday

two problems with it

it's an architect role, means turning my back on technical work

based on the $$$ what I would bank each year would be the same as if I contracted only 6 months of each year


I am leaning towards staying contracting and lowering the utilisation using the techniques described above

so I'll do my best to get this permy role, and see what happens if I am offered it and what to do for the final answer


What does the congregation think,

Milan.

Take the permie job for now. See how it goes, you've got nothing to lose and with young kids running about you'll get all the parental leave b*llocks as well. The 10 minutes commute is the icing on the cake.

[MarillionFan]

That's a lot of tapes Milan!

[SueEllen]

What does the congregation think,

HR

On the other hand you could negogiate to have more holiday.