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  • Ruprect
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    Originally posted by Ruprect View Post
    Meh.

    Just getting in the mood like
    I can't believe someone -ve repped me for this post! show your face you coward!

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  • Spacecadet
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    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    Word up, brother BI!

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  • Sockpuppet
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    Originally posted by FiveTimes View Post
    well done SP

    take the extension. will the extension take you past your 24 month rule ?
    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 alternate

    Originally posted by Ruprect View Post
    Meh.

    Just getting in the mood like
    Ok, officially snapped out of it

    Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post
    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.
    Would, it gives me more time to focus on plan B while getting paid warrant a

    Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
    For 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
    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.

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  • MarillionFan
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    Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
    For 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
    Word up, brother BI!

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  • Spacecadet
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    Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post
    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.
    For 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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  • Ruprect
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    Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post
    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.
    Or:
    ..

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  • thunderlizard
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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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  • Ruprect
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    Meh.

    Just getting in the mood like

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  • FiveTimes
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    well done SP

    take the extension. will the extension take you past your 24 month rule ?

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by Sockpuppet View Post
    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.


    has
    with

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  • Zippy
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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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  • norrahe
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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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  • Sockpuppet
    started a topic Meh Boomed

    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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