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    Whats your specialty anyway
    Confusion is a natural state of being

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      Originally posted by Diver View Post
      With sufficient income I hope to tide you over the lean periods
      By God it's been tight. Lost the house, lost the boat, lost our credit ratings.

      So, no. Not really.
      Drivelling in TPD is not a mental health issue. We're just community blogging, that's all.

      Xenophon said: "CUK Geek of the Week". A gingerjedi certified "Elitist Tw@t". Posting rated @ 5 lard points

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        I tried coding for a while, but debugging takes patience, and that's in short supply here
        Confusion is a natural state of being

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          Originally posted by BrowneIssue View Post
          By God it's been tight. Lost the house, lost the boat, lost our credit ratings.

          So, no. Not really.
          Lost my first house when I went bankrupt twenty years ago.
          now I diversify and do buy to let as well
          It is hard picking yourself up though
          Confusion is a natural state of being

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            Credit ratings are easy to get back.
            Small loans
            TV rental with the meter in the back
            Takes a year to bump up your credit rating again
            Confusion is a natural state of being

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              Originally posted by Diver View Post
              Whats your specialty anyway
              I was an all-rounder. Had done and could do anything (except sales).

              Had built and run teams, systems design, development and implementation. Created a helpdesk and network support teams.

              Then, when everything went tits up in 2001, me and about 300,000 other all-rounders wondered what the hell happened.

              Of all the people I have worked with since 1985, very few are still in IT. My Best Man - a contractor since the 1980s - now drives a recovery truck.

              I re-invented myself, did a load of project management qualifications (with the last of the tax money ) and got back in that way. Since then I've been about half in and half out of work. It turns out most everyone in my position that wanted to stay in IT ... got into project management.
              Drivelling in TPD is not a mental health issue. We're just community blogging, that's all.

              Xenophon said: "CUK Geek of the Week". A gingerjedi certified "Elitist Tw@t". Posting rated @ 5 lard points

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                As long as you pay on time and don't miss a payment your credit rating shoots up
                Confusion is a natural state of being

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                  Originally posted by Diver View Post
                  Credit ratings are easy to get back.
                  Small loans
                  TV rental with the meter in the back
                  Takes a year to bump up your credit rating again
                  Now there's some ideas that nobody has suggested to us before. Thank you.
                  Drivelling in TPD is not a mental health issue. We're just community blogging, that's all.

                  Xenophon said: "CUK Geek of the Week". A gingerjedi certified "Elitist Tw@t". Posting rated @ 5 lard points

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                    Try getting into another industry.
                    Skills like project management are transferable.
                    Any major construction or demolition job these days is done under a Construction and Demolition mandate.
                    They all require project supervisors.
                    Take a construction industry CSCS Health & safety Qualification and they will be phoning you.
                    Confusion is a natural state of being

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                      Since I am the Project supervisor on all of my contracts I don't need one, But since I took the CITB CSCS health and Safety test and passed. my name is on their list and agencies and companies phone me every week offering me work
                      Confusion is a natural state of being

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