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Contracting is definitely the way to go in London. To add another data point, I have slightly over two years industry experience and make what would be equivale
by londonymous 12y ago
Contracting is definitely the way to go in London. To add another data point, I have slightly over two years industry experience and make what would be equivalent to a six-figure salary if I were a full-time employee.
- porker 12y ago> To add another data point, I have slightly over two years industry experience and make what would be equivalent to a six-figure salary if I were a full-time employee. I would posit that you also have very good sales skills or are working in an in-demand niche (mobile?). I would've loved to be there after 2 years' experience; alas learning to big myself up took a bit longer!
- londonymous 12y agoI think rather than sales skills, what's helped me is having the mindset of consciously applying for jobs I don't think I'll get. The worst thing that can happen is that you 'easily get the job' — I like to think if more than 20% of your interviews result in an offer, your day rate is too low. After starting out doing Ruby on Rails, I moved to backend development focusing on Devops/PaaS — not super-niche but definitely more in-demand than Ruby on Rails, which that's one of the reasons I switched (as well as enjoying it more). Furthermore it's has the advantage of being a Hot New Thing™, which means you gain seniority much faster — in Ruby on Rails it might take 4-5 years to be considered 'senior'. In a much newer technology (like Angular for example), you might only need a year.