Reply to: Next year

[TimberWolf]

I don’t know if it’s really survival of the best as much as survival of the most flexible. People who are prepared to travel further for tulip contracts and rates will survive, those who want to work close to home, 9 to 5 for a high rate will fail. Oh, and if you can’t blag your way through interviews you’re definitely fooked.

WHS. The last 10 years appears to have been period of the blagger. I'm looking forward to the day when this changes and companies start looking for proper IT people with proper IT qualifications again, though perhaps it will never happen. And I don't mean in narrow areas like MS product xxx version nnn.nn or certificate xyz.

[TheFaQQer]

thats a bit black or white

where's the "it'll be lower than this year, teh best will survive the newbies/less experienced and tulipe will not" option

Same place as the AndyW option.

[Mich the Tester]

I don’t know if it’s really survival of the best as much as survival of the most flexible. People who are prepared to travel further for tulip contracts and rates will survive, those who want to work close to home, 9 to 5 for a high rate will fail. Oh, and if you can’t blag your way through interviews you’re definitely fooked.

[Xenophon]

thats a bit black or white

where's the "it'll be lower than this year, teh best will survive the newbies/less experienced and tulipe will not" option

I rate this post:

almost helpful

[Xenophon]

What makes you think there will be more roles? What companies will be hiring more people than laying them off?

I don't understand what you think will be driving the economy to take on more IT contractors (i.e. more roles on offer)?

Whilst I am cautiously pessimistic about next year, there will be a lot of change.

Change is good. Change is projects.

[_V_]

thats a bit black or white

where's the "it'll be lower than this year, teh best will survive the newbies/less experienced and tulipe will not" option

That's the 2nd option surely. Contracts vanishing only a handful of survivors.

[chef]

thats a bit black or white

where's the "it'll be lower than this year, teh best will survive the newbies/less experienced and tulipe will not" option

[_V_]

there will be more roles than there are now, but rates will be lower and the tulipe will be on the bench. It is merely survival of the elite!

What makes you think there will be more roles? What companies will be hiring more people than laying them off?

I don't understand what you think will be driving the economy to take on more IT contractors (i.e. more roles on offer)?

[Liability]

there will be more roles than there are now, but rates will be lower and the tulipe will be on the bench. It is merely survival of the elite!

[Xenophon]

Was this a gcse science question?

Very possibly.

[Spacecadet]

What does the learned gentlemen here think?

I think there will be even more tedious thread's spreading doom and gloom

Pedantry will also become more popular as bench sitter's have time to check others post's for apostrophy use

[Pickle2]

That is next year, yes.

Was this a gcse science question?

[Xenophon]

2009?

That is next year, yes.

[_V_]

2009?

Good answer.

[Pickle2]

What does the learned gentlemen here think?

2009?