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0 pointssalmonlogs3y ago0 comments

In my personal experience, and through my network of friends/former colleagues, it's incredibly easy to find work as a contractor - in the UK at least.

I've never met a contractor who was short of contracts and options. There is pretty constant demand. Most of my contractor friends work 8-9 months of the year, take an extended break, then when they are ready for new work will land a new contract within 2-3 weeks at most. Totally normal to land a new contract within a few days.

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nathias3y ago· 2 in thread

yes, if you are from an english speaking country you probably don't have issues, I work with the most popular stack and still have very few opportunities, but poor networking skills definitely also play a role ...

askonomm3y ago

I'd actually say that working with the most popular stack could be the reason you don't get many opportunities - because you have so much competition. I work with Clojure and 8 out 10 CV's I send result in interviews, and I've never looked for a job more than a few weeks tops, simply because there isn't a lot of competition. I'm from Estonia.

nathias3y ago

yea, I considered it but I had even less luck with more unpopular stacks, maybe Clojure is the sweetspot

jalapenos3y ago

Is this because of the kind of specialities they focus on or their connections? Also do any of them work from overseas?

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