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well i guess you learned alot.

eh what good is it i dunno:shrug:

hehe less learnen more figurein about money !

Foo wrote: The downsides of contracting are reliability of income, lack of development (companies wont train you), the need to set yourself up as a company or go via an agency, lack of benefits (no pension, unions etc)

Foo wrote:On the other hand, there's the potential to make some pretty good scratch as a contractor.

Believe it or not, but there is a connection between these two facts!

Good deal man. Take life by the horns!

Good luck with your plan, Fooster

*sends spiders*

Foo wrote:Why is this?

because they make money every week you're there, and the finance department of whatever company you're at will love you too because you look good on paper.

there's a delicate balance that you have to maintain between working well (to get the respect of your colleagues and pick up any other work that's flying around with other contractors) and dragging the project out by being bone-idle (to get more work from your agency and more budget for the client company's next overambitious staff-slashing IT project).

i'm still paying off the debt i managed to accumulate working for the sinking ship of a company that i worked at for 15 years.

go with your heart , change is always good .. it means your moving forward seeking your goals for the future.

Foo wrote:Oh and after I told my boss this afternoon he started talking about a replacement, and his first choice is a girl from the finance department upstairs because apparently she 'fancies trying IT'.

That gives you a pretty good idea of his mentality, and the state of our small team.
The only other guy on the team with skills has been there for 3 years and is strongly considering packing it in too.

That to me shows how much of a moron you were for accepting this position, or how highly you are regarded at your work.

I don't think I have the constitution for a 9-5 job, it just drains me mentally and physically. I don't know how anybody can do it.

Luckily, my job is a much more reasonable 5am-2pm, or a quick 2pm-10pm. :icon10:

I work 8-5. It's only hard because I hate my job, not because it's 5 pm

Tsakali_ wrote:
there's a soothing feeling of care free comfort in a 9-5 job that you wont ever get to see working for yourself.

true, if your not much of a leader or you don't mind being part of the herd.


btw Foo, gl

Tsakali_ wrote:
it's not easy going itno business for yourself, the number of different hats you have to wear , can leave you bold.

there's a soothing feeling of care free comfort in a 9-5 job that you wont ever get to see working for yourself.

of course its not easy, if it was every feeb would be doing it,but one of the many up sides is knowing that the money you make goes into your pocket and not some shit heads.

This job that you are quiting makes you sound a lot like Dilbert.

I sympathize with you on a deep philosophical level but let me just get this lined up realistically, here.
You couldn't focus on the 'personal interest learning' stuff during the spare time you were paid (given this, I'm assuming somewhat generously) for, but you're somehow going to accomplish that sitting on your ass at home amongst all your favorite free-time burning toys?
Good luck Foo, and I sincerely mean that.

ek wrote:

Foo wrote:Oh and after I told my boss this afternoon he started talking about a replacement, and his first choice is a girl from the finance department upstairs because apparently she 'fancies trying IT'.

That gives you a pretty good idea of his mentality, and the state of our small team.
The only other guy on the team with skills has been there for 3 years and is strongly considering packing it in too.

That to me shows how much of a moron you were for accepting this position, or how highly you are regarded at your work.

It was a full-on bait and switch. I interviewed in a different place and with a different guy and to all intents this was to be the place I was going to work and the man who was going to be my boss.

None of this turned out to be true. But its not the kind of thing you would need cementing into a contract. At least I didn't think so. I know better now.

Underpants? wrote:...

Fuck you

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:btw Foo, gl

Thank you

Denz wrote:Good deal man. Take life by the horns!

Thank you

yea its a big world with lots to do

so

Good luck.

Foo wrote:

Underpants? wrote:...

Fuck you

lol, what? that sounded like a genuine and well-wishing post to me...?

Foo wrote:

Underpants? wrote:...

Fuck you

I'm not shitting in your kool-aid, here mister: I honestly believe you need to have a better contingency plan than to just "learn new stuff, then go out and do it for money."

For example, by the time accomplish those academic goals, you should have filled the blanks in your employment history with "consultant work," meaning even very low-paying jobs in that field as real world experience means volumes more to an employer than education.

Be sure to keep us abreast of the situation, your online buddies are all pulling for you.

Underpants? wrote:

Foo wrote:

Underpants? wrote:...

Fuck you

I'm not shitting in your kool-aid, here mister: I honestly believe you need to have a better contingency plan than to just "learn new stuff, then go out and do it for money."

For example, by the time accomplish those academic goals, you should have filled the blanks in your employment history with "consultant work," meaning even very low-paying jobs in that field as real world experience means volumes more to an employer than education.

Be sure to keep us abreast of the situation, your online buddies are all pulling for you.

I honestly don't know what to make of your posts.

good for you mate... that job always sounded like pure madness.

get a couple more jobs and quit them too!

riddla wrote:

Pext wrote:mah jorb? trying to sound cool?

hint: south park reference

i've got better things to do.

foo this is a reminder to keep you on track.






You can do it. Just STAY FOCUSED.

he smells of cat pee tho!