Reply to: Top 100 contractor traits.

[Shimano105]

66. Working 4 days a week from home whilst having a 'double-bubble' going with another client

[cojak]

54. Wearing devil-may-care shoes when all the permies are wearing black flatties.

[Pondlife]

Funny cause it's true.
However, I still try and kid myself that it's down to my natural good looks and charm and not the £14k invoice they've just entered into the system

It's the invoice... trust me

[RichardCranium]

At past ClientCo, we shared the kitchen with Finance. A few of the ladies in Finance were really friendly and chatty and I used to gossip with them in there when making tea. It was really nice.

However, I still try and kid myself that it's down to my natural good looks and charm and not the £14k invoice they've just entered into the system

[Spacecadet]

11. Seeing how "friendly" the young and pretty girls at client co are when someone tells them you earn £500 a day.

Funny cause it's true.
However, I still try and kid myself that it's down to my natural good looks and charm and not the £14k invoice they've just entered into the system

[MrMark]

13 Can handle updates of 100,000s of records and/or debug millions of lines of code. Yet forget what he/she's doing tomorrow.

[hyperD]

Interwank? That makes a 360 degree assessment a circle jerk.

Or we could all play Numberwank!

[Mich the Tester]

73.26q - Managing to avoid the annual farcical inter-, what?..... Oh it's forced inter-ranking.

Anyway, you're out of the performance and objectives BS.

Interwank? That makes a 360 degree assessment a circle jerk.

[DimPrawn]

11. Seeing how "friendly" the young and pretty girls at client co are when someone tells them you earn £500 a day.

[Scrag Meister]

73.26q - Managing to avoid the annual farcical inter-, what?..... Oh it's forced inter-ranking.

Anyway, you're out of the performance and objectives BS.

[hyperD]

4F. Ability to work while wearing soiled underwear
50. Frightening Margaret on a daily basis
51. Skirting frivolously with borderline alcoholism while coding for a deadline
52. Knowing where all the good grumble is - and being able to watch it during worktime
53. Taking a 12 hour lunch break

[Mich the Tester]

10 print "invoice"
20 goto 10

The Bank of England have a similar application in operation, with "invoice" being replaced by "pounds"; I believe it was commissioned by a Mr G Brown.

[PRC1964]

10 print "invoice"
20 goto 10

[kandr]

They have a choice or

Is that a hitchhiker, thumbing for a lift, ah that is quite good.

[Gibbon]

0. Pretending you're not.