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am just over the 30 mark and have been contracting since 2000. the other day i was told i was too young for a senior role?! go figure...
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Just stumbled across this... I am 25, and just going into contract work now. I wish I had done it sooner, didn't realise how much permanent work would suck
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostIn my limited experience at companies which use contractors, they are always more experienced people, say 35 at the youngest but more often in the forties. Of course that's not old, but I wondered if there are many contractors in their twenties on these boards?
I'm 25... am I the youngest here?
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostMy way of coping with that was to become a manager where I earn as much as a contractor but with permie benefits. But guess what - I'm sick of the politics and crave the cut and thrust of contracting again. Mind you I've probably lost my techie skills now.
But I was good so it won't take too much time to get back up to scratch
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Originally posted by Alf W View Post1. You could train a chimp to be "tulip hot" at Networks and Firewalls in three years.
2. Network / Firewall experts with soft skills? No. These are the people you sit next to the DBAs.
You know those people you think "what have they been doing for last 20 years" about? Well next time everything goes wrong and turns brown and smelly (which it will) go and ask them for their advice.
You make me smile though.
Just because someone is experienced it does not mean they are any good either
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Originally posted by El_Diablo View PostLet's just say I'm no slave.
I dictate where I work from.
I do not use agencies.
I am paid an above average rate for my skills, qualifications and importantly experience.
So yes I enjoy what I do, I don't do anything I don't enjoy. Hence why I am a consultant running my own business and not a permie doomed to be controlled by others.
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Im late 30's and wouldn ever look back, the best decision I ever made was to leave the life of a permi and do it on my own.
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I meant Network/Firewall guys with 3 or so years experience.
2. Network / Firewall experts with soft skills? No. These are the people you sit next to the DBAs.
You know those people you think "what have they been doing for last 20 years" about? Well next time everything goes wrong and turns brown and smelly (which it will) go and ask them for their advice.
You make me smile though.
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So you enjoy what you do then?
I dictate where I work from.
I do not use agencies.
I am paid an above average rate for my skills, qualifications and importantly experience.
So yes I enjoy what I do, I don't do anything I don't enjoy. Hence why I am a consultant running my own business and not a permie doomed to be controlled by others.
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Originally posted by El_Diablo View Post
I'm not a geek and I don't program.
I get my kicks out of ensuring that my clients ask for me above others.
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I can't speak for all you geeks. Some of you get your kicks out of playing with <insert programming language here>
I'm not a geek and I don't program.
I get my kicks out of ensuring that my clients ask for me above others.
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Originally posted by El_Diablo View PostYes but don't we all?
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Whilst I agree with some of the sentiment above it doesn't mean I necessarily enjoy it. Without going into details I do this now so that in the future I don't have to.
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Originally posted by Alf W View Post
Sure you do sonny. Give 'em a laptop, send 'em on a couple of Prince II and Powerpoint courses and bang 'em out at £900 per day.
How are grads going to know anything seeing as how they've been taught by University lecturers who would be doing and not teaching if they were any good and have probably never had a real job?
Listen..
Under 25 - trainees
Under 30 - juniors
Over 30 - fully fledged pros
Over 35 - fully fledged pros with a honed sense of cynicism
Over 40 - no longer interested in the onwards and upwards but more interested in planning how to get out.
Personally, I've fast tracked to Stage 5
I meant Network/Firewall guys with 3 or so years experience.
I think you've fast tracked to useless old git stage
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostWhy a step backwards? Being a successful contractor is one of the best things ever. It's something you achieve yourself, not what someone gives you because you of politics.
About Plan Bs, I don't think I'm creative enough.
There's something to be siad for doing what you're good at after all.
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