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Too old to contract?
Actually (ahem...) I was the OP. I'm a software tester with about 25 years experience and an ISEB Foundation Cert in Software Testing. I contracted for about 3 years at the end of the 90's, but apart from that it's been mostly blue chips all the way, including 12 years or so in Banking. For...- DramaQueen
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Too old to contract?
Do you guys think there's an upper age limit for contracting? Is there a point where you either retire or go permie before the music stops? i.e before the agency decides you're too old? I've contracted before but have been a permie for a while now. The current job just isn't giving me a buzz...- DramaQueen
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Thinking about contracting - lots of questions
Thanks for all your replies, I'm feeling a lot more enthusiastic now! Bobhope, I know to lay off the punch card stories ... I've even learnt a whole generation of kids programmes from the 80's to allow me to "pass" for 10 years younger or so. The kind or people who want to talk about Muffin the...- DramaQueen
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Thinking about contracting - lots of questions
I used to contract about 10 years ago and am thinking of going back to it again. Just weighing up the pros and cons as I can't take the number of Dilbert-like conversations I'm getting at the moment. I'm a very experienced tester, but with experience comes ... age (and I just turned 50). Is...- DramaQueen
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