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[SimonMac]

Day 2 and

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A few of Consultencies Permies have also been onboarded at the Clinet Site, tried to organise a sit down on plan of action etc and the PM said leave it till next week when you are all settled, erm ok then back to twiddling my thumbs!

 

[SimonMac]

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[NickFitz]

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[NickFitz]

Well, it seems I'm one foot out of a contract. Looks like my current work is well and truly dead in the water, meaning I'll soon be commercially untenable for the consultancy (Which is fair enough, given they made me an 'offer I couldn't refuse' for a 2 month contract 8 months ago). Got a chat with the client on Friday, but I suspect I know which way things are going.

Kind of hoping I can hold off jumping into some long contract for long enough that I can involve myself in multiple projects or one big one, which is much more my cup of tea (And what I've been doing so far) rather than BAU type work.

Not looking for sympathy, it's just the only place I can really write it down! I could diversify and get involved with their other projects, but I'm keen to retain my specialist skillset and my 'expert' status, rather than risk it for short term reward.

Bummer

 

[NickFitz]

New gig is a bit of a rush - I haven't even had an interview. The agent and I spoke on the phone yesterday, and he did ask some quite detailed technical questions, and also seemed to understand the even more detailed answers. Apparently he sent three CVs across. The ClientCo manager called him this morning asking which he thought was the strongest candidate, and he said I was, citing bits of the phone conversation yesterday; whereupon CC chap said that was good enough for him, could I be there on Monday, and as it takes a bit of time to sort out a company laptop and such, can I bring my own?

Apparently the idea is that I can get a head start on understanding the requirements and so forth, and even be getting some code written, while they are sorting out network access and all that, which takes ages because they're a big international financial outfit.

Fine by me

 

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Sounds like my interviews for this place. Checked references and that I was human but didn't check my technical skill set as that wasn't important....

 

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[Pondlife]

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