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Nah, I don't spend more than 40% of my time at any one site per week. There are 5 within a 10 mile radius so I just alternateOriginally posted by FiveTimes View Postwell done SP
take the extension. will the extension take you past your 24 month rule ?
Ok, officially snapped out of itOriginally posted by Ruprect View PostMeh.
Just getting in the mood like

Would, it gives me more time to focus on plan B while getting paid warrant aOriginally posted by thunderlizard View PostNo, I agree with you. "One-man-band gets a few months' more work for 1 person" should be seen as business as usual, not a cause for congratulation and celebrations. "Boomed" began with not a little sarcasm, but I think some people are starting to believe in it.
Damn straight. I picked up this gig just at the start of the crash and I'm lucky its lasted this long. Especially as Client Co marched people off site last week redundant.Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostFor some people, business as usual for the past 2 years has been watching Trisha and hoping the phone would ring.
I'm still thankful that I made the right decisions pre-crash to make sure I was good for a market that would only be going up post-crash
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Word up, brother BI!Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostFor some people, business as usual for the past 2 years has been watching Trisha and hoping the phone would ring.
I'm still thankful that I made the right decisions pre-crash to make sure I was good for a market that would only be going up post-crash
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For some people, business as usual for the past 2 years has been watching Trisha and hoping the phone would ring.Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostNo, I agree with you. "One-man-band gets a few months' more work for 1 person" should be seen as business as usual, not a cause for congratulation and celebrations. "Boomed" began with not a little sarcasm, but I think some people are starting to believe in it.
If people genuinely turn a corner or expand their business, then that's worth a
. If it's just somebody continuing to pootle along with the same old stuff, it's
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, or
at best.
I'm still thankful that I made the right decisions pre-crash to make sure I was good for a market that would only be going up post-crash
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Or:Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostNo, I agree with you. "One-man-band gets a few months' more work for 1 person" should be seen as business as usual, not a cause for congratulation and celebrations. "Boomed" began with not a little sarcasm, but I think some people are starting to believe in it.
If people genuinely turn a corner or expand their business, then that's worth a
. If it's just somebody continuing to pootle along with the same old stuff, it's
,
,
,
,
, or
at best.
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No, I agree with you. "One-man-band gets a few months' more work for 1 person" should be seen as business as usual, not a cause for congratulation and celebrations. "Boomed" began with not a little sarcasm, but I think some people are starting to believe in it.
If people genuinely turn a corner or expand their business, then that's worth a
. If it's just somebody continuing to pootle along with the same old stuff, it's
,
,
,
,
, or
at best.
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well done SP
take the extension. will the extension take you past your 24 month rule ?
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Originally posted by Sockpuppet View PostBoomed. Should be happy, client have offered me another 6 months at a 20% rate increase.
Should be posting the banana
but I'm not - although I know I'm lucky as plenty of people without contracts out there I'm failing to get into the mood. Maybe this is a sign I should turn it down and move on. 20 months now which this client - longer than any perm job I had other than working for Sockpuppet Inc.
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No Sockpuppet, you should accept and plan to move on. Well done on getting the extension and increase.
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What's your current market like?
Do you think it would take you a while to find summat else?
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Meh Boomed
Boomed. Should be happy, client have offered me another 6 months at a 20% rate increase.
Should be posting the banana
but I'm not - although I know I'm lucky as plenty of people without contracts out there I'm failing to get into the mood. Maybe this is a sign I should turn it down and move on. 20 months now which this client - longer than any perm job I had other than working for Sockpuppet Inc.
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