Originally posted by Lance
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Previously on "Should I stay (in Ireland) or Should I Go (back to UK)?"
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Originally posted by Lance View PostDon’t bother with a 4K telly till there’s some content (and then they’ll be £500).
Plenty of 4K on Netflix, Amazon and now Apple TV 5th Gen.
Watch The Martian in 4K on it via Apple TV and it was fab.
Have an Amazon Fire HD too for 4K, pile of crap, sluggish Android - why is Android so slow?
Ditched Sky, above with Plex satisfies all my telly needs because Bolton Wanderers are never on anymore.
Watched Salyut-7 last night in 4K - also good
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Don’t bother with a 4K telly till there’s some content (and then they’ll be £500).
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Originally posted by shaunbhoy View PostSo you'll be a Judge on Village Idiot of the Year then?
Originally posted by BR14 View PostA judge? - damtwat'll be a contestant.
probably win though, - odds on favourite
Wouldn't have happened when Enoch was around.
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostI'd like to do some working/travelling but not sure I'd permanently/semi-permanently relocate unless I turned up somewhere and it just felt right.
I haven't gone for overseas contracts because I CBA to faff with all the various tax implications. Would prefer a UK gig that just periodically sends me places. The OH of a friend of mine has a job like that - has done USA, Oz, South America and goodness knows where else. Tacks on a holiday or a long weekend whenever possible and makes the most of it.
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Originally posted by jamesbrown View PostIt's one of relatively few places in the world that ever had a market for contracting, at least in the sense that we mean contracting (and that applies if you're dealing with foreign clients too). Contracting is, relatively speaking, a UK-niche. A lot of jurisdictions simply don't like one-person service companies (the UK too, I might add, but it's still going strong for now) or have any history of contracting or depth of flexibility in their labour-markets.
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I'd like to do some working/travelling but not sure I'd permanently/semi-permanently relocate unless I turned up somewhere and it just felt right.
I haven't gone for overseas contracts because I CBA to faff with all the various tax implications. Would prefer a UK gig that just periodically sends me places. The OH of a friend of mine has a job like that - has done USA, Oz, South America and goodness knows where else. Tacks on a holiday or a long weekend whenever possible and makes the most of it.
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I think it's wrong to compare the experience against a monetary value. Imagine retiring and thinking I wonder what it would have been like to work over there.
I don't regret travelling, probably should have come back sooner though.
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Originally posted by stek View PostOffered a role local to my UK residence, more money, 2 days WFH, love Dublin but it's costing me £2k a month extra in tax and accommodation and nothing claimable here. Should I?
No brainer I think. Lesson learned? Unless you have some urge for wanderlust or cultural home or prefer the experience over money, NEVER, EVER, EVER contract abroad, even in EU.
It's just too much effort, and 9 times out 10 even with HMRC and IR35 and God knows whats next, the UK is still the best place to contract, tax at it's worst is better than most, lifestyle/stuff to do is eons better, market for contractors is still viable if shrinking - its in the mindset tho whereas everywhere else I've been it's been a bit of a bolt-on, sort of glorified temping.
My wandering days are over, time to settle down in the house I bought two years ago but lived in for about 6 weeks, get some red brake callipers for my Maserati, upgrade the telly in my bedroom to 4k, relax in front of some serious porn.
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Bearing in mind home is Bolton it's a bit of no brainer surely
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Originally posted by stek View Postthe UK is still the best place to contract
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Originally posted by stek View Post.
It's just to much effort, and 9 times out 10 even with HMRC and IR35 and God knows whats next, the UK is still the best place to contract, tax at it's worst is better than most, lifestyle/stuff to do is eons better, market for contractors is still viable if shrinking
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so you get more money and save £24k in tax / accommodation costs - yes it's a no brainer....
And yep I've learnt the same from the past 15 months of jetset travelling. Only upside is that I now know exactly what I'm doing next - and it won't be a contract...Last edited by madame SasGuru; 20 February 2018, 16:21.
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