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I second @Lopatir's experience--mine has been almost exactly the same. If you are going into the world as a individual contractor, you're going to be working the business side of things, too. You can get "brilliant coder" positions, but almost never directly.
In my experience, it's feast or famine with contracting. There were a couple of years where I worked my butt off and made crazy money...followed by a year and a half where I was getting well below minimum wage, when averaged out. In that case, my problem was that I let myself become too dependent on my "guy" who was getting me work. His contacts dried up, and I didn't have many of my own.
The last bit of advice is where I am now. After some time, one of the sites where I did some particularly complex work asked me to come back. It's about low-middle industry average, but the pay is steady and my wife appreciates the predictable hours.
I haven't given up on going alone again. Once you've worked as a masterless ronin, it can be addicting (flexible hours, freedom to give your best technical opinion on things, etc). But you also learn to appreciate some stability and not get all worked up about job security. After all, you've made it on your own before...
vuolsi così colà dove si puote
ciò che si vuole, e più non dimandare
--The answer to Minos and any question of "Why are we doing it this way?"
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Yes, @melchizidech I am talking about you! What was the solution to Wednesday by the way?
Ann gets fit changing the child (6)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Yep, sorry, been pretty busy. Answer to Wednesday was "Evident".
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
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Mel Padden wrote: Answer to Wednesday was "Evident".
Not to me it wasn't!
(And when I looked at the clue again, it took me a while to get it before I went followed by "Groan"!)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Infant (anag. of ANN FIT)
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Is the correct answer, so you are up tomorrow.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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You might have noticed- Before gmail or any google accounts sign-in screen used to show both UserID & Password at the same time.
Now recently it's changed , it first asks UserID and then makes a screen-slide to show the Password box.
Is this just an UX change or it's helping better for the authentication process ? any guess?
(Don't even think about MS Live account screen. I don't know why they show UserID & Pwd text boxes in one screen, once you enter both & submit, they'll ask for the password again as if you never entered- so silly)
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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I think it is to avoid having browsers fill in the login data for you (even the email-field is always empty on the new login dialog), and so increasing security as you will not see "recent data" if someone gains access to your browser in your user account.
You simply have no clue, what email address has been entered last.
Thats my theory.
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Valid guess!
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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Bahh. Disappointing.
Come back when you've some good video of kittens and goats exploding.
If that's to difficult, some chicks swimming in petroleum jelly.
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Penguicon was an official playtest site when it first came out, and I gave it a try. They did a variant using 2 decks with 8 or more people in the game and it was a lot of fun. Things like the "Nope" cards, which you can use to undo the last player's action bring a lot of unpredictability.
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I bought this game shortly after it came out (as a result of playing it with a Kickstarter backer). It is very fun and almost addictive. Several folks have done the same as a result of playing it with me and my family.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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Cat content always works.
BREAKING FAKE NEWS: Trump told the truth!
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We bought our kid a set a few years ago. He and I played it a few times. We finally got my wife to play it with us one evening last week.
Neither of us is particularly impressed with it, but it's good juvenile mindless entertainment. Hardly any skill required. I, for one, don't play to win.
The wife preferred Superfight (?).
She had also been considering buying him a Cards Against Humanity set, but decided not to after we played it with some friends.
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PHD Comics: Half Summer Personality Test
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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No time now to read that. Summer is half over and I still need to do a few things...
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July means half of winter is done
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Only if you are a kangaroo.
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None of them here. So you'll have to expand your definition....
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RossMW wrote: July means half of winter is done
Winter didn't start till 21-06-2017.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Wishful thinking on my part...
We normally consider June, July ,august as winter rather than the offical 21 june
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'Round here, summer begins around mid-March and runs through late November. Then there's a four-day weekend known as autumn. Followed immediately by winter, which is when you might want a light jacket.
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Summer half over?
Not here in Cobb County Georgia, USA.
School started today.
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I extend my sympathies to the county's children
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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