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15 June 2006, 20:09
Originally posted by AtW

Yep, that's right: I watched England's match, drunk Stella, got contract - now if I had a wife to beat up I'd feel almost like a contractor from this board

Ah yes, can see you'd have no problems with the citizenship test.
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AtW replied

15 June 2006, 20:06
Yep, that's right: I watched England's match, drunk Stella, got contract - now if I had a wife to beat up I'd feel almost like a contractor from this board
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DimPrawn replied

15 June 2006, 19:52
Nice one.
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AtW replied

15 June 2006, 19:51
Got £350
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lORD lUCAN replied

15 June 2006, 15:20
Alas ...AJP , once the King of Mainframe Systems Programming has now degerenated into a support monkey and ...oopps there goes the phone ...AJ Pruffock speaking how may I help you ...oh youve forgotten your password ... (cringes) [/QUOTE]

password = see u next tuesday !! Oh for the love of GOD (not religous BTW)s
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DimPrawn replied

15 June 2006, 15:18
http://www.lahey.com/lf71/lfnet.htm
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TheMonkey replied

15 June 2006, 15:16
Originally posted by zeitghost

I'm holding out for the return of FORTRAN IV.

God. I can't stand that - even more than Cobol. I started out writing Fortran on bloody VAXen when I was 12
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AlfredJPruffock replied

15 June 2006, 15:16
Originally posted by lORD lUCAN

Seeing these rates are making me quite ill. I'm a support monkey on £20 an hour. How hard is this .Net stuff ? Would certification in India get me the gig?

Tut Tut me Lord.

There has never been a relationship between how difficult a contract is and the renumeration, quite the inverse in fact.

Alas ...AJP , once the King of Mainframe Systems Programming has now degeenerated into a support monkey and ...oopps there goes the phone ...AJ Pruffock speaking how may I help you ...oh youve forgotten your password ... (cringes)
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TheMonkey replied

15 June 2006, 15:10
Life is fair. Other bastards aren't. You've just got a to be a bastard - that is all. Oh and a .Net bastard, and when .Net is no longer fashionable, then jump ship and do something else new and cool.

I think dynamically typed scripting languages are going to make a comeback next (particularly Python).
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lORD lUCAN replied

15 June 2006, 15:07
Originally posted by DimPrawn

Yeah I know what you mean. There are a lot of crappy £100K .NET contracts out there. Makes me ill just thinking about it.

Mr Prawn life just ain't fair.
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DimPrawn replied

15 June 2006, 15:05
Yeah I know what you mean. There are a lot of crappy £100K .NET contracts out there. Makes me ill just thinking about it.
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lORD lUCAN replied

15 June 2006, 15:03
Originally posted by DimPrawn

How about £300/day for every day worked at home, £500/day if you work onsite. Help focus their minds ands wallets if they insist you work in their office.

Seeing these rates are making me quite ill. I'm a support monkey on £20 an hour. How hard is this .Net stuff ? Would certification in India get me the gig?
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DimPrawn replied

15 June 2006, 14:59
How about £300/day for every day worked at home, £500/day if you work onsite. Help focus their minds ands wallets if they insist you work in their office.
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TheMonkey replied

15 June 2006, 14:49
300 from home is good. Make sure the contract has travel expenses per mile in it as they'll want you to come in occasionally (things are never REALLY straightforward).
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DimPrawn replied

15 June 2006, 14:49
DaveB is right. Act keen, but reluctant at that rate. I reckon they will see you to £400/day.
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