PROMOTED!! Head of Team!!!

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MarillionFan replied

12 October 2010, 18:27
Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

What spakwagon said

That pot's making noise again.
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suityou01 replied

12 October 2010, 18:21
Originally posted by TykeMerc View Post

1st contract...
18 months off prior to this...
£500/day start rate...

A destinct odour of month old socks and troll feet.

What spakwagon said
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TykeMerc replied

12 October 2010, 17:17
1st contract...
18 months off prior to this...
£500/day start rate...

A destinct odour of month old socks and troll feet.
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thunderlizard replied

12 October 2010, 17:10
Would it be better to bring in a guy of your own to do the lead developer stuff, rather than leaving it up to the client? Build that empire!
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MayContainNuts replied

12 October 2010, 15:46
Originally posted by Scrag Meister View Post

So they cancelled the contracts of the Lead DBA and the Lead Dev, who are probably on £400 - £600+ a day and they give you £100 a day rise.

Bet ClientCo is well chuffed, even more than you.

I was on £500, now £600. They're also hiring a new Lead Developer, I'm only taking over on the DB side!

I'd been perm for a few years back, had an 18 month break, then moved back into my first contract!

It's a step up but I'm up for it!

Thanks may pop out for a drinkie to celebrate! :-)
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Pondlife replied

12 October 2010, 15:41
Originally posted by Scrag Meister View Post

So they cancelled the contracts of the Lead DBA and the Lead Dev, who are probably on £400 - £600+ a day and they give you £100 a day rise.

Bet ClientCo is well chuffed, even more than you.

Exactly. But look on the brightside - He's only been in charge a day and he's already a grand a day under budget.
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alreadypacked replied

12 October 2010, 15:39
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

I can't remember, is MCN a sockie? If not, good job.

Reborn I think, don't remember his banned name.
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Scrag Meister replied

12 October 2010, 15:38
So they cancelled the contracts of the Lead DBA and the Lead Dev, who are probably on £400 - £600+ a day and they give you £100 a day rise.

Bet ClientCo is well chuffed, even more than you.
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d000hg replied

12 October 2010, 15:36
I can't remember, is MCN a sockie? If not, good job.
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Pondlife replied

12 October 2010, 15:36
Let me make sure I've understood correctly...

You're now doing 3 peoples' work for an extra £100 per day.

Congrats BTW.
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alreadypacked replied

12 October 2010, 15:34
Well done!

You need to take a look at your CV, you were under selling and under pricing yourself

No, it has never happened to me, I always like to over sell/over price
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Mich the Tester replied

12 October 2010, 15:31
Yep, and all that, but the trick is to get a rate rise without any extra responsibility. Still, enjoy your newfound riches, and as an old Jewish saying goes, I wish you lots of staff.
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shaunbhoy replied

12 October 2010, 15:29
Originally posted by MayContainNuts View Post

Wow! I have only been at the client a number of weeks and this is only my first contract but WOW!

I was asked to give the once over of the DB model for a new application. I was a little hesitant as I am only one of the team and was new. They'd been working on it for about 3 months.

When I went through it, there were mistakes everywhere. The developers were coding directly against source tables, no indexing, no stored procedures! Really really basic stuff. I made some recommendations and have spent the last two weekends and some late nights making some structural changes.

Cut along story short. It all kicked off in a review with the PM & IT Director, the Lead Developer had a hissy fit, so did the lead DBA. Both were contractors and both had the contracts immediately cancelled!!!

I've just been offered an extension plus a £100 per day rise to take the lead. Life is good :-)

Has this ever happened to anyone before on a contract?

Yes. But when they woke up everything had reverted back to normal.

HTH
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MayContainNuts started a topic PROMOTED!! Head of Team!!!

12 October 2010, 15:27
PROMOTED!! Head of Team!!!

Wow! I have only been at the client a number of weeks and this is only my first contract but WOW!

I was asked to give the once over of the DB model for a new application. I was a little hesitant as I am only one of the team and was new. They'd been working on it for about 3 months.

When I went through it, there were mistakes everywhere. The developers were coding directly against source tables, no indexing, no stored procedures! Really really basic stuff. I made some recommendations and have spent the last two weekends and some late nights making some structural changes.

Cut along story short. It all kicked off in a review with the PM & IT Director, the Lead Developer had a hissy fit, so did the lead DBA. Both were contractors and both had the contracts immediately cancelled!!!

I've just been offered an extension plus a £100 per day rise to take the lead. Life is good :-)

Has this ever happened to anyone before on a contract?
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