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[rocktronAMP]

So are you expert genealogist as well? What you describe is sampling rate of 2 over 2 decades. Have you heard of a person being a Russian Jew, German Prussian Pole, or maybe learnt about Naming Tradition culture in different parts of the world? Maybe read up on the Spanish tradition of naming children...

[rocktronAMP]

Oh my ras days!! (sorry mods - "this is what you're getting" - Fraidycat you rock, dude!)...

[rocktronAMP]

Well I have seen one Black IT Director (Deutsche Bank 2001) and one Black Head of Engineering (Digital agency 2013) in a British company in my 27 year IT largely software engineering career to date.

If you look at the leadership team portfolios of most consultancies, small to mid-level...

[rocktronAMP]

So they want someone with advanced Kotlin and Java Spring Boot with front end knowledge to contract for the range £55,000 [ == 220 * 250pd ], £66,000 [ == 220 * 300pd ] - I don't live anywhere near Coventry to boot, but this client will get what they are prepared to pay for, if they find someone....

[rocktronAMP]

Perhaps reorder into relevance of client interest.

Read back-end staff engineer. List the versions. Java 25 (just released September 2025), 21 (previous LTS - long term release September 2023) or Java 8 (released 2013)

Ditto with C# (what version of C#, dot Net? Do you know...

[rocktronAMP]

Come on guys! Put a knocker on this bantering hot puffing and ruffing. The HMRC are laughing at all of us and it is not a great advertisement for professionalism.

We should be doing much better than this. I bet the bunch of us have the talent to rewrite / refactor / redesign / remodel entire...

[rocktronAMP]

Just heard Badenoch's speech on the BBC Spounds Five Live app. Stamp Duty?! jfc. How about removing the entire IR35 or sending the Loan Charge back to oblivion? No. But I heard about The Post Office masters and mistresses are incredibly still fighting onward beyond their 14%, 15%, 19% compensation ...

[rocktronAMP]

I think of the LOSS INCOME -- 12 months == ( 220 working days * from £500 to £750 per day ) ...

[rocktronAMP]

What gets me about OpusRS was the recruiters who go missing and distant. I get angry and dismayed. I wonder if the fella Freddie Short is still operating about Opus. He was a bit of character during the investment banking days circa 2012 - 2015....

[rocktronAMP]

Also add set collection of clients and retainer opportunities :-)...

[rocktronAMP]

Would love to know who these `consultancies` so I can avoid. I guess TCS is one....

[rocktronAMP]

Wow! Ha! That's some distance from Mountview and Palo Alto driving up the terrain to Sacremento. I remember the university town on the way up there Davis or David. You keep driving then you'd end up at the ski resort. Crazy times and money!...

[rocktronAMP]

Just what do you think is a decent Plan B or Plan C to do? Especially, if Plan A is equivalent to Earn Income in your chosen Career Path.
BTW I am a software engineer since I was a kid. Plan A earns the big bread IMHO....

[rocktronAMP]

Eat a ****!!!
The ****!!!

There is the other side of this: Fast Track One-Stage Interviews; avoid/.

I had a recent experience with a GOV.UK reputable consultancy. They advertised 3 month contract rolling at the one-stage interview stage, which lasted just 38 minutes....