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  • tarbera
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    Originally posted by BigRed View Post
    £76/day is low even as a bob rate.
    Current bob rate is £160 a day for Indian based resource

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  • clearedforlanding
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    Originally posted by stek View Post
    So they look good, stupid in't it?

    He buys them at £30 (effectively a new copy of the game) plays for a few of hours to get the account up the rankings, he's in the top 500 in the World) and flogs it for £120-£150 or even more if the account is extra high in the ratings - means more time bumping it tho - £120 is the sweet spot we've found.

    Does one a day, can do two at a push, some loss on exchange rate.

    I've pushed him a bit to churn them out before the bubble bursts but it does go to show, money can be made from doing pointless crap like this!

    Funds his guitar habit.......
    Ah, the humble beginnings of a true entrepreneur.

    Now it takes contacting to fund my cocaine habit.

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
    Profit margin like that puts the old man's side line into perspective.
    and less chance of a prolapse!

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by stek View Post
    So they look good, stupid in't it?

    He buys them at £30 (effectively a new copy of the game) plays for a few of hours to get the account up the rankings, he's in the top 500 in the World) and flogs it for £120-£150 or even more if the account is extra high in the ratings - means more time bumping it tho - £120 is the sweet spot we've found.

    Does one a day, can do two at a push, some loss on exchange rate.

    I've pushed him a bit to churn them out before the bubble bursts but it does go to show, money can be made from doing pointless crap like this!

    Funds his guitar habit.......
    Profit margin like that puts the old man's side line into perspective.

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  • SeanT
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    Job of tomorrow:

    Database recovery expert - £100/hr

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  • stek
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    Originally posted by VillageContractor View Post
    Seriously? People pay to have a high level? Why?
    So they look good, stupid in't it?

    He buys them at £30 (effectively a new copy of the game) plays for a few of hours to get the account up the rankings, he's in the top 500 in the World) and flogs it for £120-£150 or even more if the account is extra high in the ratings - means more time bumping it tho - £120 is the sweet spot we've found.

    Does one a day, can do two at a push, some loss on exchange rate.

    I've pushed him a bit to churn them out before the bubble bursts but it does go to show, money can be made from doing pointless crap like this!

    Funds his guitar habit.......

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  • VillageContractor
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    Originally posted by stek View Post
    My son earns more than that buying, bumping and selling Overwatch gaming accounts.
    Seriously? People pay to have a high level? Why?

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  • greenlake
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    Originally posted by BigRed View Post
    • Microsoft DBA qualifications
    • Oracle DBA qualifications
    No problem....

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  • northernladyuk
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    In USD or EUR terms, that's a criminal rate.

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  • MrMarkyMark
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    A distinctive supportive and welcoming culture making this a highly sought after role.


    So they smile like assassin's whilst rogering you to death

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  • stek
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    My son earns more than that buying, bumping and selling Overwatch gaming accounts.

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  • barrydidit
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    They won't be highly successful for much longer, paying those rates. Though they may continue to be well recognised

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  • BigRed
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    £76/day is low even as a bob rate.

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  • DimPrawn
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    The Bob effect.

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  • BigRed
    started a topic Job of the day

    Job of the day

    Temporary Production Database Administrator £9. 50ph Job in Manchester Jobsite

    Temporary Production Database Administrator £9.50ph

    Our client is a highly successful and well recognised company specialising in training and education for professional qualifications in a range of expert fields. A distinctive supportive and welcoming culture making this a highly sought after role.
    • ITIL certification (desirable)
    • Microsoft DBA qualifications
    • Oracle DBA qualifications
    • Substantial experience working as a production database administrator
    • Ideally some experience of working as a project database administrator
    • Preferably some experience in working on data conversions between database platforms
    • Excellent skills with Microsoft SQL and Oracle SQL
    • Intermediate level experience with MySQL
    • Ideally some exposure to Oracle extent management (Oracle 8 skill)
    • Exposure to IT framework processes such as ITIL & SDLC
    • Experience of MS SQL, Oracle PLSQL, MySQL
    • Previous experience of database capacity planning
    • Management of Oracle ASM
    • Extent management
    • Conversion of data between different databases
    • Database monitoring & troubleshooting
    • Database performance tuning
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
    • Excellent planning and organisational skills

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