a question

[assclown]

Hello everybody,

I've got a 2.1 degree, 3 years industry experience and am currently contracting as a systems analyst.

I want to know what peoples opinions are on how to progress to something (anything) that I can get a good couple hundred quid a day rather than 20/hr. Please share your wisdom benevolent contractors.

[Cooperinliverp00l]

Hello everybody,

I've got a 2.1 degree, 3 years industry experience and am currently contracting as a systems analyst.

I want to know what peoples opinions are on how to progress to something (anything) that I can get a good couple hundred quid a day rather than 20/hr. Please share your wisdom benevolent contractors.

It's note just what you do it's where you do it. I have always found london to have the best rates for me but there is then travel to take into account.

[thunderlizard]

Change your name to something more reassuringly professional, like Peter or Myles. Call me prejudiced, but Assclown sets alarm bells ringing for some reason.

[assclown]

Ahh so *thats* where I've been going wrong.

[BlasterBates]

Look on the bright side, you are above the minimum wage.

[Spacecadet]

apply for contracts and only give quoted rates that are above 20gbp per hour.

Always aim to give a figure that you need to be haggled down from.

[VectraMan]

Come back and ask again when you've got 13 years industry experience.

[XTC]

Try and get work with investment banks. Once you are in then u shouldn't struggle to find contract work with other banks. My project is paying out £250/day for rollout engineers doing work a monkey could do, to give you an idea of money. Agencies/Banks may not look at u if they can't see any financial companies on your CV. And if you do struggle lie on your CV, put down a bank in Germany or some European city, blag it.

[timh]

Just set your rate at £300/day.

If you get a job within a few weeks:
* earn £300/day for the contract duration
* next time, set your rate at {currentRate*1.1}
* repeat

If you don't find a job within a few weeks:
* set you rate at {currentRate*0.9}
* look for a job for a few weeks
* repeat

[Orangutan]

Sorry to break this to you, but after 2-3 years of experience you degree doesn't mean anything to most employers/clients.

1) If you've got skills someone needs, check out the market rate and go for it.
2) If you haven't got marketable skills yet, find an employer who will train you then try 1) again