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State of the Market
Sorry to hear. Will you consider Perm ? Do watch out for a certain agency by name of 'Joseph Harry' posting fake jobs on jobserve. Wish you the best.- afrocentric
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State of the Market
Well, how do you know that this contract offer will not fall through as well. You can always start the perm and give the usual one week probation period notice. No? I too spent a lot of time doing Codility, take-home etc tests which did not amount to an offer in the end. It's really tough out...- afrocentric
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State of the Market
Really ? Really ? Interesting. Could you please let us know the area do you specialise in ? I guess devOps which is booming big time. Thinking of switching to it but find it a bit boring.- afrocentric
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The Treasury drops NICs increase for self-employed in major U-turn
Oops. There appears to be no option to delete this or move to another thread. I will prefer to delete it as not only in wrong forum but now redundant.- afrocentric
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The Treasury drops NICs increase for self-employed in major U-turn
The Treasury drops NICs increase for self-employed in major U-turn - Politics live https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/mar/15/david-davis-gives-evidence-to-commons-brexit-committee-politics-live?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard So Hammond to cover the cost of this U-turn...- afrocentric
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The official Budget 2017 DOOM thread
Thanks so much for this. I have to admit that I have become too complacent. Need to up my game. Perhaps Fintech is the place to be as unlike IB, tech seen as core not cost. "Banks are no place for coders" - eFinancialCareers- afrocentric
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The official Budget 2017 DOOM thread
That is exactly the problem. For example, Resource Solutions are here, there and everywhere! Perhaps contractors should band together and create consultancies ala Logical et all. Why not ? The one Director Ltd company is at the edge of the precipice right now. This govt determined to put us...- afrocentric
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The official Budget 2017 DOOM thread
Believe me, most of us want to follow your approach but are clueless as to how to go about it. How does a programmer contractor with over a decade experience in the Investment Banking sector secure a gig without the intermediation of pesky agents. Nigh on impossible in the current market ...- afrocentric
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Contract Market Melting Down
Offshoring was bad enough, near shoring soon followed and then, on shoring proved the nail in the coffin. Plan B is a case of easier said than done. What to do ? :eek- afrocentric
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