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Sorting the Veterans from the newbie's

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    Sorting the Veterans from the newbie's

    I thought with the increasing number of newbie arrivals we seem to get every Friday afternoon that a poll on how long you've each been in the contracting game would be interesting..
    74
    < 3 months
    0.00%
    0
    3 - 6 months
    4.05%
    3
    7 - 12 months
    9.46%
    7
    13 - 24 months
    9.46%
    7
    25 - 59 months (sounds much longer than 2-5yrs)
    21.62%
    16
    5 - 10 yrs
    28.38%
    21
    10 yrs +
    20.27%
    15
    When were blackboards invented again?
    6.76%
    5
    Last edited by chef; 12 July 2006, 15:58.
    The proud owner of 125 Xeno Geek Points

    #2
    can you tell how bored i am.. hold on its 5pm.. heck i gotta go
    The proud owner of 125 Xeno Geek Points

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      #3
      1998.
      I am not qualified to give the above advice!

      The original point and click interface by
      Smith and Wesson.

      Step back, have a think and adjust my own own attitude from time to time

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        #4
        I come across an increasing number of “contractors” that are permies who have lost their jobs and then do one contract before going back to be a permie again. They should be banned.
        HEALTH WARNING. IT Can Damage your Health. Free Advice. Advice in the forum is the £9,995 version. By reading the health warning you are agreeing to the terms and conditions. Advice maybe bad as well as good. 24 months interest free. Your home is at risk if you don’t keep up payments. Advice limited to availability.

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          #5
          20 years behind the bell and bucket.

          I remember when Dodgy Agent was a young(ish) lad.

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            #6
            "Real" Contractors have 10+ years ... the rest are just lightweights
            How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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              #7
              10 years 4 months

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                #8
                Contractors?

                What happened to the consultancy businesses?

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                  #9
                  Anything faintly 'IT' or 'Consultancy' about your company name wuill put you in Hector's sights.

                  Both of them in it - expect a knock on your door...

                  Fat, Hairy and Smelly Limited should sleep easy tho' (as well as alone...)
                  "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
                  - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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                    #10
                    How about 'Test Please Delete Ltd'?
                    Vieze Oude Man

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