Reply to: I've come to the conclusion that

[ace00]

....specifix ....

I like that - can we make it a word? Specifix, specifixate, specifixation - nb. to be a lover, to love or otherwise desire a wearer of glasses.

[DiscoStu]

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

[expat]

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.

That specifix system, yes: but the contractor has probably seen 4 or more other similar systems, and learned from them.

[Xenophon]

You ain't seen me, right?

Suit you, sir.

[DimPrawn]

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.

You ain't seen me, right?

[minestrone]

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.

[DimPrawn]

Is it coz you looked in the mirror, innit?

[sasguru]

There are a lot of very thick people that become IT Contractors.

Is it because they can't hold down a proper job?

Is it coz you looked in the mirror, innit?

[Zippy]

There are a lot of very thick people that become IT Contractors.

Is it because they can't hold down a proper job?

I prefer to take the view that a lot of us must be very bright because we've realised we don't actually need to do a "proper job" to earn good money.

[Ruprect]

Half a Dinari?!

[oracleslave]

Not 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.

Does the following have any bearing on that sentiment:

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

[DaveB]

Not 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.

I'm not planning on hanging around that long. Definately a port in a storm till the market picks up again.

[FSM with Cheddar]

Not 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.

WHS

[Mich the Tester]

Having gone permie does that make me thicker?

Not 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.

[DimPrawn]

*rings bell*

Spare a shekle for an old ex leper sir?

I love them Goodies sketches.