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gables
gables
Fingers like lightning
Last Activity: 13 December 2024, 15:19
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  • gables
    replied to Using my Ltd as my Umbrella
    Maybe I'm just slack; but is it even worth pursuing, even if it was possible which let's face it isn't, to save what £100/per month?
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  • gables
    replied to oh to be a lefty
    Here where I live you would indeed be either an uppie or doonie especially when it comes to the annual "Hand Ba" game, I say game.. more like fight ...
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  • gables
    replied to How Low Can You Go?
    Indeed, but it would probably be worth doing this whilst looking for a permie role....
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  • gables
    replied to How Low Can You Go?
    Using an 18day/month then Clarity umbrella calculator shows this is about right (20day/month ~£2.8k) and to net this as a permie requires ~£35k (obviously over simplified no doubt)

    And yet I'd imagine 10 of 1000s of commuters do this without batting an eyelid....
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  • gables
    replied to State of the Market
    Being simplistic about AI, but as it's trained on past data\publications surely it's bound to fail plagiarism checkers. Seems like it would be easier just to write the thing themselves and then translate if English not the strong point....
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  • gables
    replied to State of the Market
    I don't normally get these types of emails, mainly because I don't do any recruitment I'd imagine.... anyway just received this from a recruiter:
    I know you may not have any active requirements currently, but I just wanted to reach out as over the last 2 weeks I have worked a number of roles within the
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  • gables
    replied to State of the Market
    I'd agree with SS and FWIW currently on approx the average which started June 2023 and just renewed for another year (Dec24-Nov25 if it lasts) and previous gig was also around the average both inside IR35 both banks....
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    Last edited by gables; 2 December 2024, 09:24.

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  • gables
    replied to Win/Linux co-existence
    I'm in the PC running Windows with VirtualBox for Linux VMs camp.

    Would a Raspberry Pi give you what you need for Linux or is running it on your PC an absolute must?
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