Originally posted by nomadd
View Post
- Visitors can check out the Forum FAQ by clicking this link. You have to register before you can post: click the REGISTER link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. View our Forum Privacy Policy.
- Want to receive the latest contracting news and advice straight to your inbox? Sign up to the ContractorUK newsletter here. Every sign up will also be entered into a draw to WIN £100 Amazon vouchers!
Reply to: Gig at a Uni?
Collapse
You are not logged in or you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:
- You are not logged in. If you are already registered, fill in the form below to log in, or follow the "Sign Up" link to register a new account.
- You may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
- If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.
Logging in...
Previously on "Gig at a Uni?"
Collapse
-
Originally posted by ChrisPackit View PostDoesn't it always happen like that !!
I did my first contract around '99 at Barclays, Radbroke Hall. So much totty it was unbeleivable and.... well, I did OK there . Now back in a similar banking environment with loads of it about, but now married with 2 in tow
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostThat was the summer I got married
I did my first contract around '99 at Barclays, Radbroke Hall. So much totty it was unbeleivable and.... well, I did OK there . Now back in a similar banking environment with loads of it about, but now married with 2 in tow
Leave a comment:
-
I did a project on the University of Surrey campus in the summer many years back.
Totty-tastic - there was a lake there that they used to sunbathe round at lunchtime.
That was the summer I got married
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by portseven View PostAnyone worked at a Uni' before?
The day I started they gave me some work they thought would take at least a month, and I'd finished by the Thursday. They spent the next week scrabbling round trying to find something else for me to do for the next month.
I was early 30's and single I could drink in the union bar, but as alluded to in previous post, the totty didn't seem interested in 30+ IT guys!
Ah well eh!
Leave a comment:
-
I went for interview at a Manchester based Uni recently and got offered the role but something better paid and more long term came up. My impressions were it looked like a cool place to work and they didn't mind you turning up in jeans (a la Studentesque rather than suit) - It was only the project that put me off with weekend working and 9 hour days for very average money...
I would go for it...
Leave a comment:
-
I did a gig at the Uni. It was a crappy network installation job as an external contractor but it was handy for using the libary (which is the only reason I took the role) & refectory, networking, speaking to friends that lecture, research and study there, poking my nose into research projects, copying lecture notes, finding talks and careers presentations to attend, sitting in on lectures getting the newspapers and speccy at student price.
Pretty cushdy environment, a bit like the civil service but with more latitude.
Totty didn't even come into it, certainly not with the students. That's strictly a no-no not tht I have much interest in people half my age who haven't worked themselves out yet anyway.
I'd much rather be a studying than working though.
Leave a comment:
-
Ignore NLUK, if I was in my twenties again, I would happily nail the entire ( female ) student population, and if I got fired, so be it!! You won't get that chance again.
On the flip side, how likely is it that walkinginto a student bar declaring ŷourself as working In the uni IT dept, will all those nubile young things start throwing themselves at you??? Slim .... To nothing ... Welcome to IT!!!
Leave a comment:
-
Yes, I worked at Manchester Uni once straight after starting contracting.. twas great.
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by Sockpuppet View PostJust because you work there doesn't mean you get into the student union.
Leave a comment:
-
Just because you work there doesn't mean you get into the student union.
Leave a comment:
-
Don't forget the Uni email address and all the cheap software that comes with it!
Leave a comment:
-
Gig at a Uni?
Anyone worked at a Uni' before?
I have offer of a gig at a Uni' and would be interested in others experiences
Imagine a number of pluses (cheep beer, lots of totty) with some minuses (dealing with academics, design by committee)Tags: None
- Home
- News & Features
- First Timers
- IR35 / S660 / BN66
- Employee Benefit Trusts
- Agency Workers Regulations
- MSC Legislation
- Limited Companies
- Dividends
- Umbrella Company
- VAT / Flat Rate VAT
- Job News & Guides
- Money News & Guides
- Guide to Contracts
- Successful Contracting
- Contracting Overseas
- Contractor Calculators
- MVL
- Contractor Expenses
Advertisers
Contractor Services
CUK News
- Streamline Your Retirement with iSIPP: A Solution for Contractor Pensions Sep 1 09:13
- Making the most of pension lump sums: overview for contractors Sep 1 08:36
- Umbrella company tribunal cases are opening up; are your wages subject to unlawful deductions, too? Aug 31 08:38
- Contractors, relabelling 'labour' as 'services' to appear 'fully contracted out' won't dupe IR35 inspectors Aug 31 08:30
- How often does HMRC check tax returns? Aug 30 08:27
- Work-life balance as an IT contractor: 5 top tips from a tech recruiter Aug 30 08:20
- Autumn Statement 2023 tipped to prioritise mental health, in a boost for UK workplaces Aug 29 08:33
- Final reminder for contractors to respond to the umbrella consultation (closing today) Aug 29 08:09
- Top 5 most in demand cyber security contract roles Aug 25 08:38
- Changes to the right to request flexible working are incoming, but how will contractors be affected? Aug 24 08:25
Leave a comment: