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[MrMarkyMark]

FTFY

He's a lefty from true banjo country. Apparently

[OnceStonedRose]

Brickbats!

I like you.

[Gillingham Jilly]

Brickbats!

[seanraaron]

He's a lefty Texan in Yurp. Apparently

Texan? ***** you.

[Gumbo Robot]

As I said earlier you don't get this contracting lark do you?

He's a lefty Texan in Yurp. Apparently

[MrMarkyMark]

I understand that, but if your English reading comprehension was above age 5 you'd know I'm on my first contract and haven't amassed much of a war chest yet. All options must be considered, I'm not in the "contract or bust" camp and I doubt I ever will be.

As I said earlier you don't get this contracting lark do you?

[seanraaron]

Thing is that if you switch perm-contract-perm you won't build up a good client base (or even list of agencies) for contract stuff, and when it comes to looking for perm work the agents/clients won't be interested in someone who jumps ship at the first offer of a contract.

Contracting is a bit like a round of golf. You play each hole and try to get the best score on the individual hole.
You might get to the green and pick your ball up near the cup - with the agreement of the other players, but otherwise you don't just walk off one hole onto the next. If you do, you'll never post a score and not be able to get a handicap.
A nice par 3 or a short 5 are contracts where you can make a birdie, a long par 4 is one where you just have to play it and hope to come out well.
If all you want is short par 3s, then go and play pitch and putt, leave the golf to the golfers.

Except it was the other way around: made redundant and did the contract, so going back to perm wouldn't be ping-pong. I wouldn't quit a perm gig to go contracting.

[WTFH]

Thing is that if you switch perm-contract-perm you won't build up a good client base (or even list of agencies) for contract stuff, and when it comes to looking for perm work the agents/clients won't be interested in someone who jumps ship at the first offer of a contract.

Contracting is a bit like a round of golf. You play each hole and try to get the best score on the individual hole.
You might get to the green and pick your ball up near the cup - with the agreement of the other players, but otherwise you don't just walk off one hole onto the next. If you do, you'll never post a score and not be able to get a handicap.
A nice par 3 or a short 5 are contracts where you can make a birdie, a long par 4 is one where you just have to play it and hope to come out well.
If all you want is short par 3s, then go and play pitch and putt, leave the golf to the golfers.

[seanraaron]

Really remarkably simple, you have to do contract work to be a contractor, not perm work.

Being out of contract can be part of the game.
In the good times you build up up the warchest for the lean times.

Surely, you are not that much of a total twunt that you cannot understand such a simple concept.

HTH

I understand that, but if your English reading comprehension was above age 5 you'd know I'm on my first contract and haven't amassed much of a war chest yet. All options must be considered, I'm not in the "contract or bust" camp and I doubt I ever will be.

[FatLazyContractor]

[MrMarkyMark]

Please enlighten me, Mr. Wahlberg.

Really remarkably simple, you have to do contract work to be a contractor, not perm work.

Being out of contract can be part of the game.
In the good times you build up up the warchest for the lean times.

Surely, you are not that much of a total twunt that you cannot understand such a simple concept.

HTH

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Does it rule out MF then?

[seanraaron]

As I said, perm through and through....you are just kidding yourself.
You don't really get this contracting lark do you?

Please enlighten me, Mr. Wahlberg.

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[MrMarkyMark]

I like getting paid as opposed to not. I would argue that's more mercenary than sitting on the bench because I won't take anything but contract work.

As I said, perm through and through....you are just kidding yourself.
You don't really get this contracting lark do you?