Reply to: Bored with contracting.

[AtW]

You'd be bored with a plan b in no time.

WHS

[amcdonald]

Or a dating agency for geeks & nerds (since SockPuppet never got round to it).

I thought that was World of Warcraft

[suityou01]

Move to a bedsit in Brum, await a sofa and abuse some squirrels.

Yeah same difference

[DimPrawn]

You work in IT. Write a killer app and sell it on t'interweb.

HTH

Move to a bedsit in Brum, await a sofa and abuse some squirrels.

[MarillionFan]

I don't mind the hassle. I'm prepared to put in the effort and time if it means it will actually go directly to building up my own business, rather than continually fixing someone elses. I would work towards something scalable... contracting is so linear, i.e. I am the bottleneck, I can only work a certain number of hours a week

For it to work I believe you have to give it 100%. Splitting my time doesn't work and causes a bottleneck.

[suityou01]

I don't mind the hassle. I'm prepared to put in the effort and time if it means it will actually go directly to building up my own business, rather than continually fixing someone elses. I would work towards something scalable... contracting is so linear, i.e. I am the bottleneck, I can only work a certain number of hours a week

You work in IT. Write a killer app and sell it on t'interweb.

HTH

[MrRobin]

And what a lot of hassle that is as well.

I don't mind the hassle. I'm prepared to put in the effort and time if it means it will actually go directly to building up my own business, rather than continually fixing someone elses. I would work towards something scalable... contracting is so linear, i.e. I am the bottleneck, I can only work a certain number of hours a week

[jmo21]

Ain’t that the truth – bounced into a lower level role close to home, good client, easy life to keep the meter running but missing the responsibility and people from the last one.
You get a few people who bounce into careers they love and the rest have to bump along doing what they can. It’s hard to moan as a contractor when you are getting so much wedge, you can be sure most of the worker drones earning a quarter of that will be just as bored.
I don’t really have a passion for anything that could turn into a career but do wish I had taken more risks when younger to setup my own business (people who do this well say they couldn’t work for anyone else, same as contractors say they can’t go perm). BUT, I am aware that my too-cosy middle class upbringing probably left me without the required ‘hunger’

are you me?!

I'm much the same, can't complain about the money I'm able to earn through contracting - woe is me!

[MarillionFan]

I don’t really have a passion for anything that could turn into a career but do wish I had taken more risks when younger to setup my own business (people who do this well say they couldn’t work for anyone else, same as contractors say they can’t go perm). BUT, I am aware that my too-cosy middle class upbringing probably left me without the required ‘hunger’

Ain't that the truth. Post people would kill for a £70-£100K income, but for contractors it's there for the taking with the right balls. But it's a double edged sword. To earn that from your own business is bloody hard graft, why would you swap.

WHS

Whilst I'm grateful for an easy gig, that keeps renewing, and getting paid a shed load, I go home every evening thinking there has to be more than this to working life and I want to run a proper business, selling proper products/services with employees and all sorts. I just don't know what it is yet.

And what a lot of hassle that is as well.

The last option is perm. Move up the career ladder. But again, move from £100k at low tax, to salaried(!!!).

I think I may give it all up and become a priest.

[MrRobin]

I a bored out my tits contracting. tulip jobs working for tulip companies working with tulip code and tulip managers who have tulip for brains.

WHS

Whilst I'm grateful for an easy gig, that keeps renewing, and getting paid a shed load, I go home every evening thinking there has to be more than this to working life and I want to run a proper business, selling proper products/services with employees and all sorts. I just don't know what it is yet.

[lukemg]

Ain’t that the truth – bounced into a lower level role close to home, good client, easy life to keep the meter running but missing the responsibility and people from the last one.
You get a few people who bounce into careers they love and the rest have to bump along doing what they can. It’s hard to moan as a contractor when you are getting so much wedge, you can be sure most of the worker drones earning a quarter of that will be just as bored.
I don’t really have a passion for anything that could turn into a career but do wish I had taken more risks when younger to setup my own business (people who do this well say they couldn’t work for anyone else, same as contractors say they can’t go perm). BUT, I am aware that my too-cosy middle class upbringing probably left me without the required ‘hunger’

[Lockhouse]

I a bored out my tits contracting. tulip jobs working for tulip companies working with tulip code and tulip managers who have tulip for brains.

WHS

I've forgotten more than I will ever know again.

[RichardCranium]

Can this thread now be locked as a shining example for the future forum members? It managed to stay on topic with only minor piss taking and reached a sensible conclusion with no need for further discussion after only 27 replies.

Who died and made you Chief Censor?

Bedwetter.

[Spacecadet]

Can this thread now be locked as a shining example for the future forum members?

It managed to stay on topic with only minor piss taking and reached a sensible conclusion with no need for further discussion after only 27 replies.

[MarillionFan]

How about getting an MBA and start going for perm positions where you do get to set business strategy?

Actually. Yes I was thinking about it.

I can apply for perm positions again, as I was setting strategy previously. But I do fancy an additional challenge. Always fancied the idea of some extra study.