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Previously on "Oh Dear: it's finally happening - they're trying to seduce me to the dark side"
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well,
my contract arrived today and I have accepted
have to choose the company car now
Milan.
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The contract (mine) arrived today.....
..oh my God it´s like the invitation for the carousel and that lamp is blinking bright red in the palm of my hand.
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Originally posted by milanbenes View Postif I take that job
can I still chat on here ?
Milan.
No
HTH
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Originally posted by milanbenes View PostHi Bob,
thanks for the feedback
yes the market in my area of .Net is good, and the same goes for .Net Architects, the market looks very strong contract and perm.
So what to do that's the question.
Milan.
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Hi Bob,
thanks for the feedback
yes the market in my area of .Net is good, and the same goes for .Net Architects, the market looks very strong contract and perm.
So what to do that's the question.
Milan.
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It depends if .Net is a 10 or 100 contracts a week kind of skillset.
I find that Solutions Architecture/ Enterprise Architecture is difficult at best and competition is really hard compared to my engineering days. At the moment I might see 10 roles a week with 2 or 3 of them being what I want and I may get 1 of that orignal 10 to an interview stage if I am lucky.
So when roles get released you need to be able to get your CV changed and into the agent and inside the hour. Much longer than that then you are probably wasting your time applying because its not that hard to find 3 good enough bodies to put forward and finding the best guy for the job is too much effort for most of the battery hen agents that CV sift by word searching..
This makes it hard to relax when you are in sales mode and my wife often complains that I spend too much time on jobserve and my breaks hardly ever seem like a time to relax. I know many guys like the idea of living twelve months on six months money, however I don't think you could fund many decent hobbies (thinking gliding or motor-racing/track days) skimping like a permie for most of the year. I see no point living on Lidel or Aldi food all year.
You might be better off continuing as you are but taking 2 week breaks in every 3 month contract...
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Originally posted by milanbenes View PostHi Bwana
this is the problem theres a lot of life yet in my area of dot net contracting
and what to do
stay contracting and lower the utilisation to something like 9 months per year
or
become permy working 20 minutes from home on a great deal
what to do thats the question
for now i will wait for the offer on paper
Milan.
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Did they throw in a a fancy new bbq and someone to make your tea? that may have swung it for me
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Hi Bwana
this is the problem theres a lot of life yet in my area of dot net contracting
and what to do
stay contracting and lower the utilisation to something like 9 months per year
or
become permy working 20 minutes from home on a great deal
what to do thats the question
for now i will wait for the offer on paper
Milan.
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Hi Alexey
I havent been perm for 14 years
Hows business
What about me friends and family
Milan.
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