Java Bods

[sunnysan]

Java dev at Senior developer level.

Are contracts in the big smoke as thin on the ground as they look?

Anybody landed a java developer role in the last few months?

[swamp]

Java dev at Senior developer level.

Are contracts in the big smoke as thin on the ground as they look?

Anybody landed a java developer role in the last few months?

Not looking myself but I've heard it is very difficult out there for Java in London. I know one contractor out of work and another who only got a contract through his network.

[denver2k]

I tried getting a gig back in London but didnt get any good response. Luckily, my current 1 extended for 3 months.

Friend of mine was permie in a financial consultancy, worked in some IBs and Hedge Funds. He got redundancy in Jan and had only 3 interviews in 3 months (2 permie , 1 contract). Eventually in 4th month, he got a contract in IB where he worked before. Even for a contract, he had to go through serious recruitment process, 2-3 interviews, something like that.

IB's work is in .Net and his recent experience is in Java, but coz of his experience (of working there), he managed to land this contract.

[Gonzo]

How disappointing.

I thought a thread titled "Java Bods" would be about a group of long-term out of work IT Geeks who form a striptease troupe to entertain the ladies and find themselves a new source of income.


Or am I getting the story mixed up with something else?

[denver2k]

form a striptease troupe to entertain the ladies and find themselves a new source of income.

Sounds like a Plan. But I wonder ladies would hardly be pleased and entertained by "long-term out of work IT Geeks".

[Pogle]

Sounds like a Plan. But I wonder ladies would hardly be pleased and entertained by "long-term out of work IT Geeks".

Show us yer floppies...

[BlasterBates]

Seems to be a lot of Java jobs advertised on Jobserve, also in London.