Originally posted by cojak
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Previously on "There are a lot of whinging IT contractors"
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Originally posted by expat View PostWell that's my point: if you have upskilled/added up-to-date experience then you can still get mainframe work, which may well use the Old Testament skills as well as the New; but if all you have is old mainframe skills then nobody wants them.
Both vertical and horizontal movement is entirely possible as a contractor, and you can do it whilst leaving at 5. You just need to not be a Tulip.
I've had 3-4 different job roles doing wildly different things since this post.
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Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostYou can, because I still do although I have 'upskilled' as well so that not only can I use the old, yet both relevant and required, skills I can integrate them with the new stuff
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostTell me about it....
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Originally posted by ZARDOZ View PostYou didnt uses to be able to link to that site from this, guess admin no longer views it as a threat. Back in the day the bloke who owns it ran computercontractor.net the forum of which made General look like a girl guide meeting.
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Originally posted by expat View PostIt applies to old mainframe programmers too: they will not be getting contracts now unless their mainframe experience is current. I speak from experience: I have 15 years mainframe experience but it's not current mainframe stuff. My old mainframe skills are MVS COBOL BAL CICS JCL CLISTs etc, and you can't get a contract with that.
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You didnt uses to be able to link to that site from this, guess admin no longer views it as a threat. Back in the day the bloke who owns it ran computercontractor.net the forum of which made General look like a girl guide meeting.
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Originally posted by cojak View PostIf you're a dev in your forties or fifties I would imagine that you're rather good at it and you enjoy the work...
And no young whippersnappers coming up behind me either - not since large scale off-shoring.
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Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View PostSo much BS in those quotes you don'y know where to start.
I'm sure the old mainframe programmers, who still earn a very good living, due to scarcity, wouldn't go along with him.
Similarly, I have worked with a lot of older BAs, PMs, Programme Managers, etc. I bet we all have.
Even most of the trolley dollies that make up, most, HR departments are contractors, now.
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