Contracting
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If they are paying you, and you say they are, look around for problems. Every company has problems they need solved. Or, update skills? I went through a 18 month dry spell - paid but not much to do, no one cared, etc. Pretty depressing. Oh, exercise :)
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
charlieg wrote:
I went through a 18 month dry spell - paid but not much to do, no one cared, etc. Pretty depressing.
I did a sadly shorter one, 7 months during COVID. The best time of my life. Cozying with the cat, reading 12 hours / day and playing all the time consuming open world RPGs I love while being paid. Pure bliss.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next
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They hired me. Their IT department tried to deny me access. I spent a month arguing with support folks who told me SQL Server is server software and should not run on a personal notebook. I got access as a project finished, and there's no new one
Christian Graus wrote:
support folks who told me SQL Server is server software and should not run on a personal notebook
One of those places where they think locking down developer machines is a good idea? What about the rest of the development staff? Is there any? And they couldn't/wouldn't explain to support they didn't know what they were talking about?
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Lol. I get $1000 a day. I've worked remote almost exclusively since 2003.
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So they pay you and you don't work.... So get a contract with another company. Get paid and do work for them. Bank both the checks.
I've actually let my contacts cross over by a week in the past but I wouldn't do this long term
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A friend of mine had the same issue. They hired him and it took about two months before they had him up and running. They literally told him he could work on some personal projects in the meantime :wtf: He wrote quite a few blogs during that time. When does your contract end? If it's within a few months, you could look for a new job and simply not be available when they want to renew your contract again.
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It is and yes :)
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Can you please hire me as a consultant?
cheers Chris Maunder
Hahaha.. How you doing mate?
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If they are paying you, and you say they are, look around for problems. Every company has problems they need solved. Or, update skills? I went through a 18 month dry spell - paid but not much to do, no one cared, etc. Pretty depressing. Oh, exercise :)
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
This is a company that's pretty rigid. Yes, I've taken the time to be up to date on sitecore. Yes it's depressing
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charlieg wrote:
I went through a 18 month dry spell - paid but not much to do, no one cared, etc. Pretty depressing.
I did a sadly shorter one, 7 months during COVID. The best time of my life. Cozying with the cat, reading 12 hours / day and playing all the time consuming open world RPGs I love while being paid. Pure bliss.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next
I am jealous. We had the "Kurzarbeitergeld" (German money for people working in things stopped by corona) for some months at work. A big % of the people who were sent home were complaining A LOT they wanted to work. I offered me voluntarily to accept one of those, they wouldn't allow me and had to work through (only normal holidays for the whole corona time)
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Anyone else contracting? I'm in a contract but I have no work. Like literally I beg and they have no work for me
I contract. I've got clients, but all my work is either waiting on other people, hardware, or money right now, so I hear you. Hang in there.
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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I contract. I've got clients, but all my work is either waiting on other people, hardware, or money right now, so I hear you. Hang in there.
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
It's been four months in a six month contract!!;
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I am jealous. We had the "Kurzarbeitergeld" (German money for people working in things stopped by corona) for some months at work. A big % of the people who were sent home were complaining A LOT they wanted to work. I offered me voluntarily to accept one of those, they wouldn't allow me and had to work through (only normal holidays for the whole corona time)
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
I have embellished a bit, I was on a project and the first month was work as usual, I was simply so amazing that after that time I only had to make minor modifications or checks every once in a while. I was "on call" during the day and I usually performed my tasks quickly - as I already knew the codebase inside and outside. But yea, from April to November I had basically a couple of horus of work each week or less, with full pay. Then I moved on a project where I worked roughly 16 hours/week, been to fast and finished 3 months early. That's when I got punished for my hubris...
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next
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I have embellished a bit, I was on a project and the first month was work as usual, I was simply so amazing that after that time I only had to make minor modifications or checks every once in a while. I was "on call" during the day and I usually performed my tasks quickly - as I already knew the codebase inside and outside. But yea, from April to November I had basically a couple of horus of work each week or less, with full pay. Then I moved on a project where I worked roughly 16 hours/week, been to fast and finished 3 months early. That's when I got punished for my hubris...
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X The shortest horror story: On Error Resume Next
den2k88 wrote:
Then I moved on a project where I worked roughly 16 hours/week, been to fast and finished 3 months early. That's when I got punished for my hubris...
That's something I learnt in my very first job while still studying. Electromontage in Industry, night shift, during summer. The group leader blamed me a couple of times because I finished my ToDo's for the night earlier and helped a couple of colleagues to finish them. His arguments were: If you get a ToDo and you finish it everyday, it will take less than a week for the bosses to make the list bigger, until the moment comes when you can't finish it, and then they will complain because you can't do it. From that night on, I always did my list but left the one or two less critical point(s) undone. And that's why I like working in things alone, nobody complain about my speed but I have to pull the break from time to time before syncing parts, so that the others are not left behind.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Anyone else contracting? I'm in a contract but I have no work. Like literally I beg and they have no work for me
Next Tuesday will mark a year that I’ve been in my six-month contract. For the first few months or so I didn’t have a whole lot to do. It took the client the better part of a month to send me a laptop so during that time I was able to download and learn how to use a component that I would be using for the project I was hired to do. Near my six months on the job I was made part of another team at the same client. Now I’m staying pretty busy but every once in a while I have some dead time.
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Nah, I have no plans to retire. I love it too much. I also like having money The thing is, I'm bored and I don't see why they'd renew me without work.
How much longer on the contract? If IT doesn't want you and fought against giving you necessary access, the likelihood of being renewed is nil. Start looking for a new contract elsewhere. Keep a record of asking for work and not receiving anything, and keep a record of the denials of access. IT may just want you gone, but it's best to have evidence of wrongdoing on their part, just in case. People can be stupidly vindictive, and CYA is always in vogue.
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Anyone else contracting? I'm in a contract but I have no work. Like literally I beg and they have no work for me
Christian, Based on your comments on the thread, I'd be looking for a way to protect the $1k a day. Come up with a short (or long) list of proposed improvements, feature adds, etc. Being paid, I don't see the loss in spending time developing a plan for the client. I'd also have concerns about that amount not flying under the company radar and losing a nice check. Let your creativity flow and wow the heck out of them. It's worth a shot if that is what you want to keep doing. That's good money for an 'open' type of contract. If you create the need, and can get a renewal, you'd still have a good deal that wouldn't be forcing you to crunch keys for 8 hours a day.
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Anyone else contracting? I'm in a contract but I have no work. Like literally I beg and they have no work for me
Hey Christian, nice to hear from you !
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I've actually let my contacts cross over by a week in the past but I wouldn't do this long term
I was thinking that perhaps this is more like paying a retainer to a lawyer. They have the money and they might need your services immediately at some point it time. They just have no need for them right now. So you can recognize that by retaining the relationship. But keep busy by getting another contract.
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Next Tuesday will mark a year that I’ve been in my six-month contract. For the first few months or so I didn’t have a whole lot to do. It took the client the better part of a month to send me a laptop so during that time I was able to download and learn how to use a component that I would be using for the project I was hired to do. Near my six months on the job I was made part of another team at the same client. Now I’m staying pretty busy but every once in a while I have some dead time.
I'm four months in, and it's a ghost town. I know things can start slow
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Christian, Based on your comments on the thread, I'd be looking for a way to protect the $1k a day. Come up with a short (or long) list of proposed improvements, feature adds, etc. Being paid, I don't see the loss in spending time developing a plan for the client. I'd also have concerns about that amount not flying under the company radar and losing a nice check. Let your creativity flow and wow the heck out of them. It's worth a shot if that is what you want to keep doing. That's good money for an 'open' type of contract. If you create the need, and can get a renewal, you'd still have a good deal that wouldn't be forcing you to crunch keys for 8 hours a day.
It's a superannuation company. What I have access to is tightly controlled. There's just not much scope for that. Hell, I still don't have azure access. There's other roles paying that, I've had them before.
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Hey Christian, nice to hear from you !
Hey mate!! I have nothing to do and thought I'd drop in!!!
