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Recent content by xchaotic
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LinkedIn and Plan Bs and being secretive
Simple: do the social/viral thing - post as yourself and a few other sockies, retweeting the co updates etc saying what a cool nice product, or for even more effect say it sucks and have members of said group prove you wrong so that THEY become the ambassadors of your PlanB, see here: -
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On the bench and aready being dicked about by agencies
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Firefox 5 released
I noticed some extensions that are already compatible up to Firefox 6.x so I guess it's just PR stunt to get more people at every "major" release (which would probably be called 3.7.8 in the old days). Anyone noticed anything, any "major" change?? THe URL at the bottom perhaps? -
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Switching From Perm To Contractor/Supplier For Current Employer
From the IR35 POV maybe so, but we are all so worried about what HMRC _might_ think that we are shooting ourselves in the foot with contracts like that. The truth is IT is complex and is horribly difficult to estimate the amount of work, that's why the only sensible measure is a daily/hourly...- xchaotic
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
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SMS international forwarding or SMS to email?
But to receive SMS is free, even when roaming,you don't have to top up, so what's the problem, really? Sure you can get a PCI card with sim readed and put it in data centre somewhere in the UK so can send and receive SMS properly, is that the answer that you're after? -
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Can agency terminate the contract while I'm off?
It's a simple contract, 30 days notice on each end. Agency wanted me to sign opt-out but I didn't (it would have been invalid anyway). I am taking some weeks off agreed with the end client. Should something happen while I'm away (Greece defaults etc) that causes them to want to terminate can the...- xchaotic
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contracting = more stress?
+200. It's a part of what you're being paid for. I have had, for instance the privilege of being in truly agile teams and now when I see people meeting everyday and all they do is discuss pie in the sky, I consider telling them that setting attainable goals that they can achieve in a couple of...- xchaotic
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
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The Bench, and panic
How quickly can you be productive? one of the ideas of a contractor is that you try to be productive from day one. If you think that is the case in your case/area take the low paid role and keep on sending the CVs.- xchaotic
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Why no part-time contract roles?
It's funny you should say that because the reason I am looking for such flexibility is I am a dad looking to maximise time spent with the family, rather than commuting or sleeping in filthy hotels. Having said that I do manage to find those part time roles too, but they are a few and honestly a...- xchaotic
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How far do you/ would you travel for a contract?
Ad. 1. I can sometimes manage to get to Gatwick and out of the country in 3.5 hours, so why not if the rate is good??? Ad. 2. Again, why such an arbitrary limit? Arguably if it's further you're probably better off with flying/train than driving yourself, and definitely not everyday, but still...- xchaotic
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Why no part-time contract roles?
I could be just me or my niche, but I am really struggling finding roles that would accept part-time or remote working from day 1. Every single contract over the past 4 or so years, I have managed to work remotely to some extent after some time. The pain is at the beginning, it could be 3...- xchaotic
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£100 less is better!?!?!
To be honest they can't really know what rate are you on until you tell them and what you tell them is probably rounded up isn't it? So I don't see why the whining ;) Still I wish there was a non-rude way to tell them - I am not intersted in offers below £xxx / per day, all the times that I did...- xchaotic
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Best Share Dealing account?
Thanks! In the end I'm thinking might not need that much functionality - I just want to trade beyond the ISA limits, but looking good definitely.- xchaotic
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- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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Timesheet submitted incorrectly, now in dispute.
Put the £300 or whatever would be the net profit from that day as a learning experience for the future. From my experience the formal timesheets only need to be correct in the amount of total time, do not put days on sundays, holidays etc so that your permie pm doesn't get in trouble and you'll...- xchaotic
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