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[SchumiStars]

Nice. Well done.

I've resorted to asking AI when the market will get better, 2030 apprarently. So another 3yrs of tulipness boys...

[SchumiStars]

What I've seen is that the contracts are won by the Big corps that have lowest price (Tata). Then the usual happens that they then look for contractors based on a low day rate.

Now this is were it gets interesting. The people that apply to these low day rate contracts, which includes me,...

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😁

If you are like me, with no skills other than being a developer then we have to keep going with the current state of the market. I just don't think it will ever recover to previous levels that we all saw and enjoyed....

[SchumiStars]

Thanks for the graphs. Confirms what we all know.

What's really interesting is that companies are continuing to grow and make money, which shows that they don't need us!😀

Going forwards, this thread will continue. Why would they need to hire contractors when they can hire...

[SchumiStars]

This is the way it is. Across the market.

It does seem the once in demand skills are no longer in demand Unfortuntly that is the stark reality of it all. And whilst we shake our fists at the sky, the world is moving on.

I agree, it's shocking how its turned overnight but we've...

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I did that once. Had a positive interview and was awaiting an offer, only for the agent to phone me and say it was dead in the water.

Me being me, phoned the director, who was in HK at the time and had a chat with him and the following week the offer came through.

Could have...

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Sometimes, I think perhaps I was one of the fortune ones to have been a contractor when the rates were reasonable and you could get a self cert mortgage.

One of the reasons why I live in London was due to the higher rates and better opportunities. Brexit, IR35, COVID have pretty much killed...