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Recent content by spongeym
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La Fosse Associates - experiences?
I did a gig with La Fosse a couple of years ago, no issues at all. I found the role via LinkedIn, messaged the agent, got a call back straight away to setup interviews etc. He still recommends me to his colleagues now and I'm in contact with them at least once a month for roles, unfortunatley...- spongeym
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Should I consider a contracting job? Currently I earn £82K as permanent in Scotland
I've lived in Ascot and traveled into London on the Reading train. You're looking at a commute into Waterloo of around an hour then an additional tube from there on. Also the operating company in that part of the world is terrible!! Bear in mind that when I started contracting I thought it...- spongeym
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Any advice from parents on here please
Hi, so I'll explain my life a bit... Of course, this is our life and how we want to manage our family, might not be for all but might answer a few questions you had. I'm the contractor (IT Infrastructure), approx 7 years now my wife if a permie PM, same company for 10+ years, we have 2 kids...- spongeym
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Cheap/Best Value VM host
HP Microserver HP Microserver I've got the previous generation of this. https://www.hpe.com/uk/en/product-catalog/servers/proliant-servers/pip.hpe-proliant-microserver-gen10.1009955118.html Have got 8gb RAM, 4 various hard drives I've used in a NAS and it's running my Windows 2012 & 2016... -
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Do/Should I consider a junior role?
Personally working in IT Infrastructure, going to a Service Desk role would be a waste of time for the progression of your career a big step back in terms of your skillset unless it's a Linux SD role. If I spoke to any of the contractors I work with now and said that I wanted to go work in our...- spongeym
- Post #19
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Cloud AZURE and AWS contract roles
Just out of interest, how long have you been a SA and what's your background? Is the SA the only AWS qualification that you hold?- spongeym
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Cloud AZURE and AWS contract roles
Well said. As a Sys Admin, worked at a place that was implementing AWS, I took on some of the work with common sense, however, to go deep into the subject and manage it well, you need to learn how to code and understand automation/configuration tools which I'm on the path to learning, however...- spongeym
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Infrastructure Guys - What`s actually hot right now?
I agree that being a jack of all trades is useful in the Infrastructure world, but in saying that, have come across a fair few SME's, Storage, PowerShell who certainly know their trade and earn well enough from it, but when the contract ends they tend to spend longer on the bench looking for a...- spongeym
- Post #21
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Infrastructure Guys - What`s actually hot right now?
I've seen a lot of shift towards adopting some form of Automation. Scripting skills with PowerShell, Ruby or a Chef/Puppet tool, also AWS & Azure, and more increasingly Google Cloud as well.- spongeym
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Client Terminating My Contract Early With No Valid Reason
I can imagine it would be quite a knock to your confidence being given the boot for no valid reason. But in my mind being a contractor you have to be prepared for those potential problems. Put it this way, this has happened early into your contract with the client and has shown you what type...- spongeym
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ITonlinelearning.co.uk has anyone used this training company
I second Udemy, course content is great, and the majority of instructors update their course content. All available via a good app on iOS & Android, content can be downloaded also, perfect when on the train. Also found that Pluralsight content is pretty good, and the cost of the site over a...- spongeym
- Post #11
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Is this agency having me on.....
I've conducted a Skype call for my current contract. The client is a high profile Public Sector, they wanted verification that I was who I said I was in my Passport, took literally 3mins of my time, 1 min was spent resetting my Skype password.- spongeym
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What are the in vogue recruitment sites now?
I will probably add the contract end date to my profile, thanks for the suggestion. I don't believe I need to be constantly telling people I'm looking out for a new contract. I'm not looking for something new every day. It's just an ad hoc basis when I get the feeling I might be the next...- spongeym
- Post #21
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What are the in vogue recruitment sites now?
My reason is that although I've had multiple renewals, they have always been last minute, also the client have also let a lot of contractors go mid contract due to changes in their business or projects being pulled. I want to keep on the front foot and search when I feel there might be a change...- spongeym
- Post #18
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What are the in vogue recruitment sites now?
I'd be interested if anyone has a good way of seaching for just contracts positions on Linkedin (without going premium). I don't want to update my status with the fact that I'm looking for a contract whilst in contract as I've got contacts from both my agency and from my client on my profile.- spongeym
- Post #15
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