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[SussexSeagull]

I imagine the bank of mum and dad or otherwise being left money is probably a factor in a lot of cases....

[SussexSeagull]

I think we are in a perfect storm and IR35 has almost made it socially unacceptable to hire a contractor plus a lot of decision makers are sitting on their hands thinking AI will come along and make anything signed off not obsolete in a couple of years but I think offshoring is the main reason for our...

[SussexSeagull]

My longest time out up until now was immediately after my longest ever contract (which went on for about two and a half years). It was local, as in I could walk to work local, and fairly well paid so I cruised and not noticed the work was extremely mundane and did nothing for my future prospects. ...

[SussexSeagull]

Anyone thinking that £900 a day Inside going into the office 3 times a week is a bad deal might be in for a shock when they are next looking for a new contract.

[SussexSeagull]

For a variety of reasons I wouldn't recommend someone choose coding, or related disciplines, out of college or university anymore in the UK. By the sound of it AI is little more than a programming aid at the moment or a very good way to knock up a prototype but it will get better.

However,...

[SussexSeagull]

The financial advantage to contracting has eroded over the last 15-20 years and the premium for not having things like paid holiday and sickness has dwindled.

It will vary from person to person but if you can't find contract work then obviously a permanent job is the better option, if you...

[SussexSeagull]

I have never worked in the US, and reading that am unlikely to now, but it does look similar to what happened here in that tech companies said their wasn't enough skilled professionals, which to be fair was probably once true, and they just kept on issuing Visas when the companies should have been told...

[SussexSeagull]

Funnily enough I was looking at one of the Jobs boards and did a search on jobs near me and I found some for the Brighton and Hove Albion training ground, which is about 5 miles from me, Coaching jobs that required a UEFA B license, which is a course that costs £1200 and takes 4 days to study for...

[SussexSeagull]

Not having any personal projects or a history in open source is also kind of prejudice against people with a life and commitments outside of work as well and is another example of the ageism that is prevalent in the industry.

I remember when the only way that work used to intrude in my...

[SussexSeagull]

I really don't chase feedback that much as it is usually more to justify their decision to themselves rather than to help you, plus you can't legislate for one of the other two (I believe) people they talked to being more suitable in their minds.

As you say though, it is a numbers game...

[SussexSeagull]

Had an interview for a permanent role which I didn't get. Can't really moan as they found someone they preferred and I wouldn't have changed the presentation or interview if I did it again tomorrow.

My alternative career to get a few quid in might become my actual career.

[SussexSeagull]

Never gone higher than SC but I believe the old joke with DV clearance was they knew things about you that you didn't know about yourself. As Enhanced SC is between the two it could be anything.

[SussexSeagull]

I kind of have sympathy for the man if he was keeping four sets of employers happy....

[SussexSeagull]

I think even the more learned people on here can only draw from common sense, experience and case law as there isn't really a definitive set of laws or precedence (and might never be as outside seems to be falling out of fashion)....

[SussexSeagull]

I would have thought going permanent is less of a risk than going outside to inside. It is entirely possible to have been genuinely outside as a contractor and the working conditions to change when you become a permanent employee.

Gets a bit murkier when going from outside to inside.