test please delete

[eek]

Is good money better than good location?

Surely its a combination of money, location and the intangibles (additional skills, market, people working there) that make the decision.

Ideal you want all three but sometimes you have to compromise on one or more of them (depending on how desperate you are).

[NickFitz]

"Enterprise applications" exhibit abysmal usability, because the bosses who decide they should be used don't have to use them themselves, and the lackeys who have to use them don't get any choice in the matter.

[SimonMac]

Surely its a combination of money, location and the intangibles (additional skills, market, people working there) that make the decision.

Ideal you want all three but sometimes you have to compromise on one or more of them (depending on how desperate you are).

So where are you sitting now with the trifecta?

[eek]

So where are you sitting now with the trifecta?

income good
Location ok (commutable but a mare, Leeds was quicker)
others good (skill set improvement.... )

This other contract
income insanely good
Location dire (although not as bad as Ipswich)
others good (distinct skill set improvement and soft improvements)...

I'm not looking but it seems they will wait for quality....

[zeitghost]

Snowing here on & off.

Just melts.

[zeitghost]

I keep getting emails for roles related to what I do from a certain pimp - I look down the skills required, think "I could do that, got most of those" and then see the rates...

The last two have been £120 per day and £100 per day, each time wanting a network engineer with skills and certifications it takes several years to gather.

Are agents really that stupid or are there contractors (permitractors?) who are daft enough to get out of bed for those rates?

BobAJob, mate, BobAJob.

[TheFaQQer]

That would be ipsum or ipsa, but we have had this argument before

Just because we're right doesn't mean that we know better than the highly paid marketing experts at Saatchi.

[covbob]

BobAJob, mate, BobAJob.

Yes, you're right. I'd forgotten about Bob.

[eek]

Just because we're right doesn't mean that we know better than the highly expensive marketing experts at Saatchi.

ftfy

As any contractor should know: Don't assume cost equals wages paid...

[FatLazyContractor]

Got home to escape the evening traffic Armageddon

Milk in the fridge - check
Bread in the Breadbin - Check
Ready made curry in the fridge - Check
Toilet Rolls - Check
Scotch - Loads - Check
Grit the driveway - Check

Let the world go to hell!