Azure Certification - Worth it ?

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Rates are all over the place. I still see plenty roles, outside with decent rates, maybe not as high as they used to be.

Just had someone phone me about an "urgent" solution architect role, for a big financial company. Inside @ 400/day ! I just said, thats a joke forget it. I'm...

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Where's the monster raving loony party when you need them ?

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Do you think your response even goes to a human ? Could just be AI on the other end ?

I actually got an interview through LI about a month ago, the thing that made it real is that the agent called me and she was serious and professional and in the UK. But that was the exception, all other...

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I have AWS Certifications and I would say one a couple of occasions they got me the job - particularly where a certified person was needed to qualify for some discount or other AWS accreditations on a project. But I also found the training material to be reasonably interesting and I learned a lot through...

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Just had an agent tell me I can't apply because I don't hold active SC. I sort of think fair enough, it de-risks things for the client since if they have an active SC they can be pretty sure of getting either a transfer, or the candidate succesfully passing a re-vetting.

I tried to argue...

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Oooh, fancy! I think IBM will be king of quantum computing era if they don't blow it....

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Started looking in earnest for a new contract now. Getting about 3 or 4 agents a day calling me. Its like the dotcom era or something. The market is tight, but its not dead.

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I think you just honestly answer the actual questions they ask. Convictions ? No. No question about arrests or police contact so no answer needed.

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What, no AIs running on Z/OS ??...

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Similarly, adjusting the tax code doesn't sound like a simple way to deal with the issue.

Also, what does it matter ? Tax on self assessed income arrives 6 to 12 months after it was earned, but that is a pipeline in motion. Changing the rules might pull tax forward by 6 months, but its...

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Where do they advertise them ?...

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Right. But even Warren Buffet is on at least 40% cash right now.

The other 60% is in those other diversifiers.

But my point is, its my choice, not Rachel Reeves. The governments agenda is not to make me better off, its to make the government better off.

If we just...

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Exactly. Remember the scandals in 2008 when supposed cash funds turned out not to be really cash and were taking a write down ?

I agree with James Brown, all they are doing is irritating people by treating us like we are stupid.

Will be glad to see Rachel Reeves go. She looks...

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That is essentially what I am trying to say. You need to navigate the same process sure, but having to get your CV past AI to even have a chance of being seen by a human is a hard constraint to satisfy. Because if it isn't a perfect match, it won't come out ahead of the other 1000 cvs they got sent...

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Writing a CV for todays market is tough. Here is how I view what a CV is trying to accomplish.

A CV is like an elaborate key, elaborate because its trying to unlock a process that has become very highly elaborate and specific in itself.

A CV needs to get through ATS AI screen,...

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Bloody ridiculous. It sends totally the wrong message - "you must be fully invested at all times".

I am 40% in cash right now - now that I give a tulip about the pennies in interest on it. I just see zero point in buying equities at todays crazy prices. Buy low sell high remember...

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And still can't afford a house !...

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Yeah, first half page that is the critical part.

Assuming you actually get as far as a human being looking at your CV, they aren't going to look any further if its not a hit on the first half page.

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I hope not - all that work I put into make a beatiful looking PDF and they ruin it in Word !! But yes, quite often they do.

If I get an interview I used to take along a printed copy and had it to the interviewer, for vid conf I just send them the file, and pull it on screen at some point...

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Lots of clean rivers in Scotland. Shame its too cold to get your kit off and get in them though !! Enjoy your heatwave you whining gits.