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[SchumiStars]

What happened to all the app jobs?

Love to know who is building the apps for mobile devices. And then who is maintaining them. I mean companies like VuE (cinema) and tescos etc. will still need developers and projects completed.

2026? Perhaps England will win Euros and the...

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2en38jll94o

And that's exactly the reason why there are no jobs ATM. If TFL are issuing visas for jobs what chance has a UK graduate got?

What a mess....

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I was at 10SC. Got paid loads but not much work to do.

Used to run at lunchtime, down to Westminster and back over Tower Bridge. ~11miles, 80mins.

Read a post on the previous page about a position that didnt add any new skills or accreditations. For me, this is usually a big...

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Good post.

Although, I have never been too fused about the day rate, as long as it was over £Xpd outside, I never worried much tbh.

I always aimed for consistency. I had always believed that £350pd outside, 6mths was better than £450pf outside, 3mths. Perhaps, it's just...

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I've heard it's not great.

I worked for BNP Paribia which was awesome. Gym, restraunts and cafe shops in the building. Not much work however to do....

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I don't know, don't care TBH. As long as it's an income....

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Well that's a good sign, the banks have started looking again....

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And this is why systems become unmaintable in the future. Bugs, incompleted use cases on an ageing platform usually means, that instead of upgrading companies will be faced with new applications being scoped and sectioned.

Hopefully seeing how the previous systems were subjected to 3rd...

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What will happen, is that you will deliver an inch perfect interview against technical questions which are not relevant and you will still not get the job.

Why?

Well they will suddenly find someone who will work for a visa or from India much cheaper. And thats the mess we are...

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With us all getting older, securing a permi position is not as simple as it sounds. In this market, it might be prudent to land the first one that is available....

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Mark Webber was a driver for BMW Williams. He was on IIRC ~£2.5m. The renewal came round and Frank said he was going to pay him half of that for the following year.

Mark then scouted the teams and could not find another manufacturer with a decent engine so agreed. To which Frank then said...

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Formula1 teams are very much, do you like F1? I mean do you really, really like F1, to the extent they pay less and make you work like a dog because you love being there right?

Except for the fact that children, wife and hobbies also need addressing for....

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This is brilliant. Makes me feel better.

It's really odd ATM. Interviews used to be a way of gauging whether a person would fit in and is capable of doing the job.

Now unless you have exactly what they want at that exact time it will be a no.

Just as an example,...

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I agree with all that you are saying. However I have never been one to learn tech without a business driver.

I also have too many hobbies which I would rather be doing that reading about boring stuff. Sorry but it is.

Think I am becoming more less marketable by the day. ...

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It was mainly to do with episerver. The community is quite small and it's a niche product. It's not something that can be learned easily or quickly without doing the courses and certs.

There is also not much tech help for it. The people who have episerver development knowledge, are not...

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Brilliant....

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It's generally people who are overweight, got no friends and play dungeons and dragons all night. And then wonder they can't get a girl and have no cash.

I answered every question perfectly. He even said, that he could not ask me any Java questions because he has no knowledge of half the...

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As expected, yesterday's perfect interview has come back negative.

Feedback was generally a long the lines of superficial knowledge although I answered all the questions in detail.

He also gave feedback that I had not participated in open source or forums. And as a ex-developer...

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg754negn75o

Just done a tech interview today. 60mins. All my answers were on-point, one-time. Precision answers, across multiple technogies including C#, Java, Kafka Angular, React and SQL.

It was so good, it was almost like banging a rap...

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Right done applications, scrolled though LI.

Going cycling. 90mins, 25miles with 10*1min sprints. Followed by gym.

Same as yesterday and the week, month and year before.

If only I wasn't lacking talent and fitness, I could take on the TDF.