Hi
Little introduction to myself as hopefully I will be spending some time here learning from you lot!
28 years old, engaged, 2 year old kid... based in the West Midlands (there is the personal details)
Working at a Financial Services firm as a permie, started in IT in 2009 on Service Desk...... 2nd line in early 2010, 3rd line in early 2011, Service Design in late 2011 and have been working on infrastructure projects since then. The next logical step for me is to go contracting!
In terms of qualifications, MCSA 2003 is the only cert I have but in my job have large amounts of Windows 2008 R2 and VMware knowledge and limited exposure to Citrix (XenApp 4.5)..... also have worked a lot with HP and IBM hardware, DMZ infrastructures (we host services for third parties and have file transfer links to partner firms), good knowledge of SQL administration, limited SQL programming including SSRS, good Biztalk administration, SCCM 2007..... basically most things you would expect to see in a medium to large environment,
Starting to get itchy feet in the permie world mainly due to management and politics... endless restructuring and uncertainty over the definition of roles. Work with a couple of contractors and a few ex-contractors and they all think that the contractor world would be good for me. Oh, also subject to TUPE at the moment too.
Planning on getting a few Citrix certs and VCP done before going contracting in the next 3-6 months. A few projects that im working on at the moment will look nice on CV so by the end of the year should be in a good position.... but at the moment some contracts roles are looking too tempting to wait.
Notice is 4 weeks, however i'm owed leave so think i could get out in 2.
Got a lot to read about IR35 etc etc so i'm on that now.
Get the feeling i'll be using this site a lot!
Do you guys think its worth waiting to get the VCP and Citrix certs before jacking in the permie world??
Are any others based in the Midlands finding that the contractor world is healthy at the moment?
Thanks for reading my babble all and look forward to talking with you!!
Little introduction to myself as hopefully I will be spending some time here learning from you lot!
28 years old, engaged, 2 year old kid... based in the West Midlands (there is the personal details)
Working at a Financial Services firm as a permie, started in IT in 2009 on Service Desk...... 2nd line in early 2010, 3rd line in early 2011, Service Design in late 2011 and have been working on infrastructure projects since then. The next logical step for me is to go contracting!
In terms of qualifications, MCSA 2003 is the only cert I have but in my job have large amounts of Windows 2008 R2 and VMware knowledge and limited exposure to Citrix (XenApp 4.5)..... also have worked a lot with HP and IBM hardware, DMZ infrastructures (we host services for third parties and have file transfer links to partner firms), good knowledge of SQL administration, limited SQL programming including SSRS, good Biztalk administration, SCCM 2007..... basically most things you would expect to see in a medium to large environment,
Starting to get itchy feet in the permie world mainly due to management and politics... endless restructuring and uncertainty over the definition of roles. Work with a couple of contractors and a few ex-contractors and they all think that the contractor world would be good for me. Oh, also subject to TUPE at the moment too.
Planning on getting a few Citrix certs and VCP done before going contracting in the next 3-6 months. A few projects that im working on at the moment will look nice on CV so by the end of the year should be in a good position.... but at the moment some contracts roles are looking too tempting to wait.
Notice is 4 weeks, however i'm owed leave so think i could get out in 2.
Got a lot to read about IR35 etc etc so i'm on that now.
Get the feeling i'll be using this site a lot!
Do you guys think its worth waiting to get the VCP and Citrix certs before jacking in the permie world??
Are any others based in the Midlands finding that the contractor world is healthy at the moment?
Thanks for reading my babble all and look forward to talking with you!!
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