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Previously on "£7,000 day rate - how the other half live"
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Originally posted by fool View PostI typically don't.
My Software Engineering degrees are BSc & MSc and specifically not BEng & MEng. Very little of what we do in the field would be construed as being of a set of professional standards such as that required to build a bridge.
If our industry built them, they'd be falling down on a weekly basis.
yes but they would built in a month and have all the UAT paperwork signed off!
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Originally posted by wantacontract View PostI quite agree....
My Software Engineering degrees are BSc & MSc and specifically not BEng & MEng. Very little of what we do in the field would be construed as being of a set of professional standards such as that required to build a bridge.
If our industry built them, they'd be falling down on a weekly basis.
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Originally posted by vwdan View PostSoftware engineer is certainly a valid term, and there's nothing wrong with calling oneself an engineer in context. However, colloquially, to say one works in "engineering" strongly implies something more akin to mechanical engineering - the kind of role that may have a protected title elsewhere.
The sector itself is broadly immaterial when it comes to contractor pay.
Not only that, but within the context of the thread it's clear nobody was talking about software engineering, so your deliberately vague input is next to useless.
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Originally posted by vwdan View PostSoftware engineer is certainly a valid term, and there's nothing wrong with calling oneself an engineer in context. However, colloquially, to say one works in "engineering" strongly implies something more akin to mechanical engineering - the kind of role that may have a protected title elsewhere.
The sector itself is broadly immaterial when it comes to contractor pay.
Not only that, but within the context of the thread it's clear nobody was talking about software engineering, so your deliberately vague input is next to useless.
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Originally posted by Dark Black View PostYeah ok then, I'll bite
Software engineering was a valid term last time I looked.
I usually work in the "engineering" sector (as opposed to finance or health or whatever else has software these days).
So yes... I am in engineering.
HTHBIDI
The sector itself is broadly immaterial when it comes to contractor pay.
Not only that, but within the context of the thread it's clear nobody was talking about software engineering, so your deliberately vague input is next to useless.
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Originally posted by vwdan View PostSo you're not really "in engineering" then?
Software engineering was a valid term last time I looked.
I usually work in the "engineering" sector (as opposed to finance or health or whatever else has software these days).
So yes... I am in engineering.
HTHBIDI
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Originally posted by vetran View Postproper engineering with lathes?
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostBeing in engineering sector, best I ever managed was £40 an hour.
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Originally posted by password View PostI would very well believe the 7k figure and then some.
My thinking is... you hear of the odd £1k per hour high powered professional/consultant here and there, making a work day equate to about £7k.
I once had an issue and was quoted £400 per hour for partners time at a boutique law firm. Easy to see how some big players would get that up to a £1000.
I reckon the million dollar bonuses are relating to bringing in billable time for armies of consultants and new business. I doubt it's contingent on single billable only.
Tells you all you need to know about "Consultants".
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