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There’s so much information on here and on the other sites that’s right at your feet. It’s all there folks. I'm a relative newbie and just wish the other noobs would help themselves. If you can't do some of your own homework, then contracting really isn't the game to be in. You need to start thinking and behaving independently.
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Indeed - it's actually quite hard to avoid this kind of info. For example the big Technojobs advert in the top right hand corner of this website!
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Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View PostHow happy I am not to be an IT contractor. I'm in Engineering and I am glad I don't have to share my little pond of work with you lot. I guess you're all just scared of a bit of extra competition. How sad.
Theres plenty of work for all of us in each of the different areas of IT (as SueEllen pointed out). People with good quality skills won't go hungry if you're in IT or otherwise. It has nothing to do with competition and it's pretty cool in here I reckon (and I'm a noob). I spent weeks trawling this board before I quit my job, I just needed questions answering (and I found the answer to every single one in here and the PCG guides).
The only thing that is sad is the people that just can't be bothered to read anything other than post the classic one line tell me all I need to know question. We all have jobs to do, (some of us) families to feed and things to learn ourselves and could do without people wanting their backsides wiping.
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Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View PostHow happy I am not to be an IT contractor. I'm in Engineering and I am glad I don't have to share my little pond of work with you lot. I guess you're all just scared of a bit of extra competition. How sad.
People who work in IT have different skills sets.
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Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View PostHow happy I am not to be an IT contractor. I'm in Engineering and I am glad I don't have to share my little pond of work with you lot. I guess you're all just scared of a bit of extra competition. How sad.
The message is harsh but simple. Contracting is not a soft option in any industry, least of all IT. If they can't cope with a quick reality check, they'll never survive.
BTW, 40% of the PCG are Engineers. You're not that different.
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostNo matter how long you've been here, some will still think of you as a newbie.
Unless you can remember the good old days, when it was nowt but green fields 'round 'ere, you're a noob. If you need any advice, just ask milan.
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How happy I am......
How happy I am not to be an IT contractor. I'm in Engineering and I am glad I don't have to share my little pond of work with you lot. I guess you're all just scared of a bit of extra competition. How sad.
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Originally posted by Malacandra View PostWow, only just starting to dip a toe back in the contract market after seven years sucking on the corporate teat, and already I've found a messageboard where they know how to play spank-the-n00b!
Unless you can remember the good old days, when it was nowt but green fields 'round 'ere, you're a noob. If you need any advice, just ask milan.
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Wow, only just starting to dip a toe back in the contract market after seven years sucking on the corporate teat, and already I've found a messageboard where they know how to play spank-the-n00b!
And to think I only found my way in here because I wanted to find out if anyone had heard about this tax evasion^h^h^h^h^h^h^h avoidance scheme run by some guys whose company name means Google searches for them gets hidden under tons of hits for southern hemisphere rugby. (A shocker of a sentence, but if you ride that sucker, you'll find it makes sense in the end.)
I can tell it's going to be fun here.
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Originally posted by Jsecure View PostYou know what, never mind.
I've researched a bunch of job sites, and I've been watching them for about three months. I've watched what every job pays, and I've learnt the average rate all these jobs are going for. I wouldn't quit a well paid job for something I wasn't sure about.
But you guys, you've been doing this for ages. I figured, I shouldn't assume I know more than people with experience in the field. I just wanted to know if there was anything else I could learn, from you guys.
I don't know why, but forums on the Internet just DO NOT bring out the best in people. Sad but true. Anyway you all have a nice day.
Incidentally you don't know the rates of all the jobs, or even any of them. The published ones are rarely accurate, they will shift around daily until the job is filled and as a newbie you are unlikley to attract top price until you have a bit of contracting history.
So net result, another would-be-ex-permie goes off in a huff becuase he can't cope with the real world and cuts himself off from the kind of advice that can save him thousands of pounds. Ho hum...
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Originally posted by Jsecure View PostObvious question, but what site out there do you find the best for locating new contracts? I'm just getting started and I could use all the help I can get... If you know a few, feel free to throw some URLs my way...
Ta
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You know what, never mind.
I've researched a bunch of job sites, and I've been watching them for about three months. I've watched what every job pays, and I've learnt the average rate all these jobs are going for. I wouldn't quit a well paid job for something I wasn't sure about.
But you guys, you've been doing this for ages. I figured, I shouldn't assume I know more than people with experience in the field. I just wanted to know if there was anything else I could learn, from you guys.
I don't know why, but forums on the Internet just DO NOT bring out the best in people. Sad but true. Anyway you all have a nice day.
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Originally posted by malvolio View PostDon't get me wrong, it's well known I'm a miserable old SOB. But I did actually answer the question, and collectively we have pointed out that if you want to be a contractor you have to learn to think for yourself. Else the OP will be along soon asking "What's this IR35 thing" and "Who's the best insurer" and "How do I pay myself" and "What about expenses".
Agreed we weren't very polite about how we did it. And that's another lesson all by itself...
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Originally posted by 51st State View PostSorry KathyWolfe - just re-read the last post and it sounds like I'm having a pop at you - was just pointing out the useful search functionality of this site to the OP
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