If all those beers still exist then I reckon that's at least a few more years of extensions you'll need AJP.
Love the names:
1398 - TV bier (one for in front of the telly I guess)
1382 - Touwtrekker (string puller, or is that shirt puller or skirt lifter )
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Excellent BelleBum Beer link JB, my New Years Res is to sample a different Belgian Beer every day, that list will really come in handy.
Not the easiest of Resolutions, I know...
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Originally posted by AlfredJPruffockHaving just been awarded another years extension,we older computering types are treated with the respect and adoration that we deserve having suffered years of combat stress within the IT industry.
You younger ones will have to go through the hell of the uncertainty of six week contracts in Basingstoke or some other hellhole with ill tempered IT managers,frazzaled project managers and gossiping secretaries who resent your very presence on the site.
Caves?, haven't heard of that one, if I see it I'll pop one in the trolley and give it a try.
Edit: a blond as well, that'll only leave another 1507 I have to try
Del Heize?, ik dacht dat je tweetalig was?Last edited by Joe Black; 18 January 2006, 20:56.
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Originally posted by wendigo100An colleague got to spend two years in communist China, and nine months in the Falklands, neither of which impressed him. Why can't we sell this stuff to Barbados or somewhere nice?
Poor bastrad. I spent 4 months in the Falklands and that was 2 years too long apart from 4 days off to see penguins, elephant seals and whales which was good as was the flight in a Tornado.
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Originally posted by Joe BlackWas talking to one of the mainframe guys where I work today, he's been offered another extension and also has an offer of a long contract with another company.
I asked how long the contracts were for and both were in the 1-2 year range, somewhat different to most I've come across in the more recent tech areas, but which he claimed is normal for his skills.
So come on all you oldies, is this the case?, do mainframe skills secure you nice long contracts, while most of the newer stuff is just 3/6/9 months?
Having just been awarded another years extension,we older computering types are treated with the respect and adoration that we deserve having suffered years of combat stress within the IT industry.
You younger ones will have to go through the hell of the uncertainty of six week contracts in Basingstoke or some other hellhole with ill tempered IT managers,frazzaled project managers and gossiping secretaries who resent your very presence on the site.
Woe to ye when you approach your IT manager cap in hand an mumble Please May I have an extention good Sir ?
PS JB found an excellent Belgian Beer in the Del Heize supermarket , its called Caves ... top notch Old Bean.
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Originally posted by GibbonDepends what area you're in I suppose. Displays is always good as you get to go and fly places and bomb people. Ex- wife house co-ordinates being a bitter favourite. Engine validation sucks.
An colleague got to spend two years in communist China, and nine months in the Falklands, neither of which impressed him. Why can't we sell this stuff to Barbados or somewhere nice?
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Originally posted by wendigo100I used to work on avionics. Aren't they fun any more?
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A record?
A place i worked as a permi and subsequently as a contractor must hold the record?
Some contractors were working there when I started there as a permi back in 1986, mainframe stuff.
A few years back they offered them all permi roles, some took them, and two months later when they made some cuts the permies were made redundant, but the contractors were kept on as they were "not on the official headcount".
There are two of them still there...I make that 19 years on one contract...can't be bad....especially with all the training they have received!!!!
MTB
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Originally posted by xoggothI hate aircraft, poxy things.
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Huh! At moment I am stuck with Access and 8051 assembler and aircraft specs plus a bit of VC++ in part time contract. Not fair! I want to do new sexy ,dot netty things and preferably nowt to do with sodding aircraft. I hate aircraft, poxy things.
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Originally posted by DimPrawnA friend of mine is into the 3G/4G telecoms game (hardware, firmware, software) and the standard minimum contracts are 12 to 18 months, sometimes 2 years.
None of this 3 months rolling bulltulip for shiny stuff like .NET
I agree about staying away from the trendy stuff. There's too many tulipe hot youngsters peddling those skills. Old farts like me do better on the slightly wiffy old stuff. My last client couldn't get staff cos the place looked like a tip and the technology was not the latest. They were technically tulip hot though. Hence ... contractors ... yippeee.
Fungus
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A friend of mine is into the 3G/4G telecoms game (hardware, firmware, software) and the standard minimum contracts are 12 to 18 months, sometimes 2 years.
None of this 3 months rolling bulltulip for shiny stuff like .NET
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