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One of my primary reasons for becoming a contractor was my very low boredom threshold - doing the same job for too long just drives me mental. Well, there's that plus the cash
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Originally posted by minestrone View PostAn average contractor probably has about 12 weeks worth of experience with the system they are working on, the average permie has about 12 months. The contractors are always on the steeper part of the learning curve.
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Originally posted by minestrone View PostAn average contractor probably has about 12 weeks worth of experience with the system they are working on, the average permie has about 12 months. The contractors are always on the steeper part of the learning curve.
I would say that I always leave a gig knowing more than the permies.I always always leave a gig knowing why the system is a complete mess where as the permies never have the ability to do that. They can only see the way to do new work as the way it has been done previously.
Although I have seen some tulip contractors in my time.
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An average contractor probably has about 12 weeks worth of experience with the system they are working on, the average permie has about 12 months. The contractors are always on the steeper part of the learning curve.
I would say that I always leave a gig knowing more than the permies.I always always leave a gig knowing why the system is a complete mess where as the permies never have the ability to do that. They can only see the way to do new work as the way it has been done previously.
Although I have seen some tulip contractors in my time.
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostThere are a lot of very thick people that become IT Contractors.
Is it because they can't hold down a proper job?
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostNot immediately, no, but the years of corporate bulltulip, piss poor management, politically motivated appraisals and constant coffee machine whingeing will take their toll on your brain and leave you as a zombie, bereft of the creativity, self confidence, dignity and idealism that you once (possibly) had.
It’s a slow, steady process that happens without you noticing it but invariably leads to a crippling sclerosis of the cerebellum, and just as your dependence on the drug of a regular salary reaches the darkest recesses of your soul, they’ll make you redundant and all you’ll have left is a P45.
1) I conduct appraisals as opposed to being appraised
2) I make more now than I ever did as a contractor
3) I view it like a long-term contract
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostNot immediately, no, but the years of corporate bulltulip, piss poor management, politically motivated appraisals and constant coffee machine whingeing will take their toll on your brain and leave you as a zombie, bereft of the creativity, self confidence, dignity and idealism that you once (possibly) had.
It’s a slow, steady process that happens without you noticing it but invariably leads to a crippling sclerosis of the cerebellum, and just as your dependence on the drug of a regular salary reaches the darkest recesses of your soul, they’ll make you redundant and all you’ll have left is a P45.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostNot immediately, no, but the years of corporate bulltulip, piss poor management, politically motivated appraisals and constant coffee machine whingeing will take their toll on your brain and leave you as a zombie, bereft of the creativity, self confidence, dignity and idealism that you once (possibly) had.
It’s a slow, steady process that happens without you noticing it but invariably leads to a crippling sclerosis of the cerebellum, and just as your dependence on the drug of a regular salary reaches the darkest recesses of your soul, they’ll make you redundant and all you’ll have left is a P45.
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Originally posted by oracleslave View PostHaving gone permie does that make me thicker?
It’s a slow, steady process that happens without you noticing it but invariably leads to a crippling sclerosis of the cerebellum, and just as your dependence on the drug of a regular salary reaches the darkest recesses of your soul, they’ll make you redundant and all you’ll have left is a P45.
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