Faff off

[sasguru]

You're not a maths head. If you were, you would of spotted the obvious answer in that stats problem I set you a few weeks ago. Go and have a closer look at it brains.

The irony is probably lost on you

[aussielong]

The irony is probably lost on you

Do you want me to reveal the answer brains?

Ps. You are a pedant as well as a fantasist!

[Ticktock]

To be very honest, I would say that the standard of most contractors is fairly mediocre these days.

Without wanting to sound arrogant, I'd agree, at least in my own field. Having worked in teams with a few contractors, I've yet to come across one I'd personally be willing to hire. I was recently asked whether I could recommend a contractor when my current client were looking to bring in another head on my project. I had a long think about people I've worked with. I would work with them again, as I got on very well with them, but I wouldn't recommend them to a client as I feel it would look bad on me.

For the record, these are all people who went directly into contract work, either at the start of their careers, or after no real business experience. I spent 10 years as a permie at a NASDAQ-50 company (in a range of roles, each with a different focus) and feel it gave me a lot of experience in taking a view of the bigger picture in terms of business needs, rather than just project needs, which has helped in both the contracts I've taken as well as when pitching to clients.

[sasguru]

Do you want me to reveal the answer brains?

Ps. You are a pedant as well as a fantasist!

Reveal the answer your tutor told you/you read in a book?
What's the point of that?
I've got you sussed, you're a loser, BS-mongering, low-level techie.

HTH

[aussielong]

Reveal the answer your tutor told you/you read in a book?
What's the point of that?
I've got you sussed, you're a loser, BS-mongering, low-level techie.

HTH

No no no brains. The answer is way too obvious. I just love the way you looked at the problem. I chuckled.

[bobspud]

180k is not a top permie salary. Try 300k. Your problem is you think you have reached the top of K2 and can speak about mountaineering but you're only half way up Ben Nevis and you're actually speaking about hiking.

But you're spot on about lowering of standards.

Sorry don't know what game you are in. No one is paying permy IT guys outside senior management anywhere near 180k I have no interest in wasting my time trying to become a C-level exec. Oh sorry did you mean Australian $'s?

[sasguru]

No no no brains. The answer is way too obvious. I just love the way you looked at the problem. I chuckled.

I didn't.

HTH.

[bobspud]

Without wanting to sound arrogant, I'd agree, at least in my own field. Having worked in teams with a few contractors, I've yet to come across one I'd personally be willing to hire. I was recently asked whether I could recommend a contractor when my current client were looking to bring in another head on my project. I had a long think about people I've worked with. I would work with them again, as I got on very well with them, but I wouldn't recommend them to a client as I feel it would look bad on me.

For the record, these are all people who went directly into contract work, either at the start of their careers, or after no real business experience. I spent 10 years as a permie at a NASDAQ-50 company (in a range of roles, each with a different focus) and feel it gave me a lot of experience in taking a view of the bigger picture in terms of business needs, rather than just project needs, which has helped in both the contracts I've taken as well as when pitching to clients.

Galls me to say it... but ^This^

[sasguru]

Sorry don't know what game you are in.?

He's a fantasist in a soon-to-be-bobbed game.
He reckons he's learning maths from a private tutor to break in to being a statistician.
Haven't had such a laff in yonks.

[aussielong]

I didn't.

HTH.

You should of. You could of learned something.

You are just not a proper stats head are you.

I call charlatan!