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Just musing that I have just earnt half a weeks very good money providing direction to sort out a fairly painful technical problem.
Exactly the same technical problem they paid for me to analyse and provide steer on last time.
Shame that steer, 6 months ago, was to not fecking do it like that
Case study
Brillo Pad, 54, lives in Llandudno, north Wales, with his wife and three children. He works as an IT contactor for a large investment bank in the city, renting a room in the suburbs during the week and returning home at weekends. Changes to IR35 — the rule which would tax workers as if they were regular employees — could cost him thousands of pounds a year, he claimed and said that he would probably have to emigrate.
“When contractors are forced out, their place will be taken by large consultancies, paying little tax,” Mr Pad added.
Then there is a picture of a scourer.
And I have just replied to a comment on that story....
Just musing that I have just earnt half a weeks very good money providing direction to sort out a fairly painful technical problem.
Exactly the same technical problem they paid for me to analyse and provide steer on last time.
Shame that steer, 6 months ago, was to not fecking do it like that
My current entertainment is that someone senior at clientco accepted the proposed security architecture model of my current end client. Said client didn't actually bother to document all the user stories they were going to implement and 1 of them is at fundamental odds to the insane security model they decided to use.
The solution for me is simple - escape at the first opportunity - then implement a couple of tools that provide the functionality the bank really requires - wait 6 months for things to blow up and return with said tools as a third party Saas solution.
The important bit is currently escaping clientco so when I launch the tools no-one can claim they are theirs...
My current problem is that someone senior at clientco accepted the proposed security architecture model of my current end client. Said client didn't actually bother to document all the user stories they were going to implement and 1 of them is at fundamental odds to the insane security model they decided to use.
The solution for me is simple - escape at the first opportunity - then implement a couple of tools that provide the functionality the bank really requires - wait 6 months for things to blow up and return with said tools as a third party Saas solution.
The important bit is currently escaping clientco so when I launch the tools no-one can claim they are theirs...
Very similar to what is happening where my Mrs. is currently
This is all gravy to me and I'm sure to you, in any case.
Most of my clients do not know how much better they would be if they listened to everything I suggested. However, maybe I would then lose out on more money .
However, it does seem we are been given more of a voice now, I say we because I managed to get a similar skilled friend onboard who has extensive knowledge of the other business area.
My current entertainment is that someone senior at clientco accepted the proposed security architecture model of my current end client. Said client didn't actually bother to document all the user stories they were going to implement and 1 of them is at fundamental odds to the insane security model they decided to use.
The solution for me is simple - escape at the first opportunity - then implement a couple of tools that provide the functionality the bank really requires - wait 6 months for things to blow up and return with said tools as a third party Saas solution.
The important bit is currently escaping clientco so when I launch the tools no-one can claim they are theirs...
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