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Time to depart...
Thanks Thanks This turned out to be something of a mammoth thread! Thanks to you all for your comments, I hope you liked the article on yesterday's front page. But also apologies to SallyAnne for missing the 'e' and to GingerJedi for not attributing the opening quote - I fixed that for you... -
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Time to depart...
Working for multiple clients will help you more than the wording on the contract. Even voluntary work, I'm told. :wink -
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Time to depart...
Contractors vs writers Contractors vs writers You're contractors right? You already get paid too much compared to writers. -
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Time to depart...
Is it time to leave the UK? We're writing a CUK front-page piece for Thursday prompted by the previous thread, "What's the world coming to?" Given all the economic doldrums at the moment is it time to get out and try another country? Have you thought about it? Why? Why not? where to go? etc... -
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baby boomers
The boomers are retiring. The last generation that was not brought up with a mobile stuck to their heads, and with no idea about computers except that which an old-dog can grasp, is slowly releasing the reigns of power and leaving the show to the rest of us. What will this mean to IT... -
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Sun Certification
An old argument An old argument I don't know if it still stands up to close scrutiny (if it ever did) but this was my opinion a few years back... Article about certification -
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Plan B
Why Plan B Why Plan B Okay then, what's so bad about contracting that makes you want a plan B - you're well paid aren't you? Talking as an ex-contractor now living plan B (as a freelance writer), I wondered why everybody want's, so desperately, to get out. I wanted to leave because the money... -
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New year's resolution
Suggestions for agents? Suggestions for agents? What, I wonder, do jobbing contractors thinks agents should resolve to do this year? -
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New year's resolution
At the risk of prompting a torrent of amusing comment about leaving the boards to the contractors, what are your Contracting resolutions for this year? And if you don't have any, what might they have been if you'd thought about it, and why? In the light of Brown's clampdown, will you dump the... -
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Entrepreneurs respond...
It's a well known fact that IT contractors just love the idea of starting a product based company, and some even do it! But how do you go about naming the product, aren't all the good names taken, just like all the good URLs? If you've got a product, how did you go about naming it without... -
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Impressing the client?
This is all true, but is it an ideal vision, not founded in reality? Of my former clients - probably about 20 - I can count on one finger the number of project managers that actually paid attention to bug/test statistics to measure individual achievement - and that was instigated by myself... -
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Impressing the client?
What's the best way to make sure you get a renewal? Is doing a good job enough? Surely, most project managers - particularly in software dev. - don't really have the time to find out if work is good or not, and many wouldn't understand anyway. So how does a contractor make sure the client... -
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do you pay for training?
How many of you pay for your own training, and how often? In my 15 years as a contractor, I paid for one C++ training course and attended one Outlook course paid for by a client. (and btw, I was never out of work for more than a couple of months without wanting to be) Is that a typical... -
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How green are you?
So who among you runs your PCs with solar power or a home turbine? Is there anybody out there that's fused their IT knowledge with saving the planet? How has your knowledge of climate change affected your political thinking? Warning: answering any of the above questions may see you quoted... -
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Money for old rope.
Shoddy workmanship Shoddy workmanship Atw said: Now that is shoddy! I'll see if I can get it corrected!
