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    Shortest contract?

    Can anybody beat this?

    Turn up at ClientCo at the same time as a server is being delivered. A permie to connect power etc. I switch it on and make sure it boots and can be seen on the LAN.

    Total time on site 10 minutes, invoice for a full day plus travelling expenses.
    Me, me, me...

    #2
    Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
    Can anybody beat this?

    Turn up at ClientCo at the same time as a server is being delivered. A permie to connect power etc. I switch it on and make sure it boots and can be seen on the LAN.

    Total time on site 10 minutes, invoice for a full day plus travelling expenses.
    Did you set it to crash tomorrow?

    4 hours is my shortest.

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      #3
      10 years ago I made £450 for 30 minutes on site

      Does my willy feel big? - Hell yes
      Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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        #4
        Shortest one I did was in Singapore.

        I built a big app and rolled it out around the UK for a pharma, then Singapore wanted it. The installation time was about 3 hours average, but they didnt want to take any risks

        So I had two weeks all expenses lazing around in the sun doin 'jug jugs' of tiger beer


        (\__/)
        (>'.'<)
        ("")("") Born to Drink. Forced to Work

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          #5
          Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
          Can anybody beat this?

          Turn up at ClientCo at the same time as a server is being delivered. A permie to connect power etc. I switch it on and make sure it boots and can be seen on the LAN.

          Total time on site 10 minutes, invoice for a full day plus travelling expenses.
          You didn't have a coffee and go on a tour of the office to check out the totty? You are giving us contractors a bad name!!
          'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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            #6
            Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
            You didn't have a coffee and go on a tour of the office to check out the totty? You are giving us contractors a bad name!!
            It was a new site so no coffee or tottie
            Me, me, me...

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              #7
              Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
              It was a new site so no coffee or tottie
              Isn't that a breach of hoomane rights?
              Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
              I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

              I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

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                #8
                2 years 3 months - am I doing anything wrong?
                Beer
                is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
                Benjamin Franklin

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                  #9
                  My shortest was a day installing a computer for the chairman of a biggish company.

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                    #10
                    Not strictly a one off contract but I wrote a data conversion app for a company and they got me to run it on a regular basis as they converted data for new customers from competitor's systems into their database.

                    Fixed rate £1500 a time, once I had done a few I had it off to a tee and the best was 1.25 hours.

                    Not guilty at all as I know they were charging the client £3k for the conversion on top of the not so small cost of the systems they were selling.

                    Not done any for a couple of years now, but was good while it lasted.
                    Never has a man been heard to say on his death bed that he wishes he'd spent more time in the office.

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