Moving Out Of IT And Getting A Pay Cut - Would You Do That

[joey122]

28 and doing my first contract at a bank in London - I have always been in IT (for the last five years).

I have an offer to move away from IT and into a more sales role where I will still need IT (And they expect me to knock stuff up in VBA) but I wil be doing non IT stuff predominantly..

Basically looking at datasets and doing some stats

The only problem is its a perm role paying 75K plus a hypothetical bonus - Contracting for the last six months has spoilt me.

What would others on the forum do?

EDIT : I can continue doing C# @500 a day and am pretty sure that this contract will roll on. Only problem is it is mind numbingily boring messing about with crap systems and doing all sorts of fire fighting work

[Drewster]

28 and doing my first contract at a bank in London - I have always been in IT (for the last five years).

I have an offer to move away from IT and into a more sales role where I will still need IT (And they expect me to knock stuff up in VBA) but I wil be doing non IT stuff predominantly..

Basically looking at datasets and doing some stats

The only problem is its a perm role paying 75K plus a hypothetical bonus - Contracting for the last six months has spoilt me.

What would others on the forum do?

EDIT : I can continue doing C# @500 a day and am pretty sure that this contract will roll on. Only problem is it is mind numbingily boring messing about with crap systems and doing all sorts of fire fighting work

a) Go for it
b) 'Koff - Seriously

Seperate note:
Always = 5 years.... FFS!
Permie Sales 75k p/a - Yeah Yeah...
Code Donkey confident of getting £500 p/d.... - Yeah Yeah

[Note to self]
Don't feed the Troll
[/Note to self]

[threaded]

C# in banks is paying more than 500 a day in Europe.

[norrahe]

C# in banks is paying more than 500 a day in Europe.

but not in the UK

[Clippy]

Stop.

Joey time!

[TykeMerc]

Sometimes I don't understand why these blatant sockies and trolls (and their owners) are allowed to survive on CUK. Surely they don't add any value to the place.

[Clippy]

Sometimes I don't understand why these blatant sockies and trolls (and their owners) are allowed to survive on CUK. Surely they don't add any value to the place.

I know.

Am getting sick of this turd and his mate newblood.

[Bagpuss]

same old dilema attention seeking MO covered with a nice sprinkling of arrogance YAWN

[norrahe]

Stop.

Joey time!

Is that like Hammertime, without the bad trousers and music?

[AtW]

Sometimes I don't understand why these blatant sockies and trolls (and their owners) are allowed to survive on CUK.

I agree. Ban 'em all I say!