10 year period contract duration

[Troll]

Following on from an earlier post - those of you who have been in the industry longer than 10 years - what has been the number & duration of contracts during that period (did I mention I was bored)

Me: 10 years = 11 contracts

9 months (still there)
3 months
11 months
24 months
9 months
5 months
19 months
9 months
9 months
8 months
26 months (straddles 10 year start date)

[lukemg]

1 year
1 year
5.7 years
2.3 years
3 months
11 months
6 months (so far)

[Troll]

1 year
1 year
5.7 years
2.3 years
3 months
11 months
6 months (so far)

How do you stay on 1 site for 5.7 years - you disguised employee you!

I always get itchy feet after 9 months unless

[Lockhouse]

4.5 Years as a permie (spit) then:
3.5 Years
1.5 Years
0.5 Years
3.5 Years
0.5 Years
1.5 Years
2.0 Years
1.5 Years
1.0 Years
0.3 Years
1.0 Years
1.0 Years
1.0 Years
1.5 Years (and still there)

[Troll]

How come I start off with last contract first & then you both do them in the reverse order.?? you must be developers

[wendigo100]

I've had 21 changes of client in 18 years.

There was a 5.5 year stint at one place in the middle somewhere. Never again.

[Pinto]

3 client changes:

9 months
9 months
11 Years

[NotAllThere]

17 months (Still here)
15 months - overlap of 6 months with current contract
6 years (still on-going)
1 year - overlap with first part of the 15 months above.
2.5 months
3 years
2 years
1 year
7 months
1 week ( paid, but not actually work, concurrent with the 7 months)
15 months
15 months

Prior to that was permie

9 months
1 year
2 years
3 years

NotAllThere

[Rantor]

3 client changes:

9 months
9 months
11 Years

32 months (current but two others on the go at same time)
1 month
2 weeks
11 months
8 months
28 months
8 months
12 months
6 months

In between this there was a plan B didn't quite make me a zillionaire.

[ChimpMaster]

Only been 3 years for me so far. I keep thinking another couple of years may be enough, as in financially, to keep me happy for a while.

A lot of my thinking is spent on planning my financial freedom. So in all seriousness I ask the following question -

After > 10 years, have you guys set yourself up in a comfortable financial situation? Could you afford to not work for a long time, or even at all?