How quickly luck can change.
Mojo_666
Member Posts: 438
So last week I was facing bench time, my contract was ending on the Friday and I had nothing lined up except an interview last Tuesday for a perm Job earning the "average" rate (which was less than half what I earn contracting) I thought that this interview would have been a walk in the park and a great plan B if nothing better came up but it turned out to be the worst interview I ever had (there was I think a conflict of interest in the guy doing the second phase technical interview, but that's another story.....as it turns out no one got the job)...as crap as it was.
Anyhow on Thursday there was mass panic where I work because someone realised I was leaving so they went into panic mode and started rushing through the paperwork to get my contract extended by 3 months..happy days I thought. 30 mins later I also got a call asking me to come for an interview the following day at an office literally 15 minutes drive away....I forgot to shave that day but went to the interview anyway, I could not even remember what the job was I had applied for. And I meant I finished early and I didn't really care anyway as my contract was good until the end of November.
Turns out I nailed the interview and have just been offered the most amazing permie job I have ever seen (since my last permie job), so I think my contracting days are over........for a few years at least.
What a turn arround in fortune, and in only a week.
Anyhow on Thursday there was mass panic where I work because someone realised I was leaving so they went into panic mode and started rushing through the paperwork to get my contract extended by 3 months..happy days I thought. 30 mins later I also got a call asking me to come for an interview the following day at an office literally 15 minutes drive away....I forgot to shave that day but went to the interview anyway, I could not even remember what the job was I had applied for. And I meant I finished early and I didn't really care anyway as my contract was good until the end of November.
Turns out I nailed the interview and have just been offered the most amazing permie job I have ever seen (since my last permie job), so I think my contracting days are over........for a few years at least.
What a turn arround in fortune, and in only a week.
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N2IT
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So last week I was facing bench time, my contract was ending on the Friday and I had nothing lined up except an interview last Tuesday for a perm Job earning the "average" rate (which was less than half what I earn contracting) I thought that this interview would have been a walk in the park and a great plan B if nothing better came up but it turned out to be the worst interview I ever had (there was I think a conflict of interest in the guy doing the second phase technical interview, but that's another story.....as it turns out no one got the job)...as crap as it was.
Anyhow on Thursday there was mass panic where I work because someone realised I was leaving so they went into panic mode and started rushing through the paperwork to get my contract extended by 3 months..happy days I thought. 30 mins later I also got a call asking me to come for an interview the following day at an office literally 15 minutes drive away....I forgot to shave that day but went to the interview anyway, I could not even remember what the job was I had applied for. And I meant I finished early and I didn't really care anyway as my contract was good until the end of November.
Turns out I nailed the interview and have just been offered the most amazing permie job I have ever seen (since my last permie job), so I think my contracting days are over........for a few years at least.
What a turn arround in fortune, and in only a week.
Well done sir well done!
There is something to be said for patience and good timing -
Pash
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Great stuff fella and well done. Best of luck.
PashDevOps Engineer and Security Champion. https://blog.pash.by - I am trying to find my writing style, so please bear with me. -
gorebrush
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Nice one
I've been looking for 9 months and can't find a permanent job for love nor money.
I currently have a job, but that's another story altogether -
earweed
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SWEET! Best of luck to you on the new job.No longer work in IT. Play around with stuff sometimes still and fix stuff for friends and relatives. -
ssampier
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Your 5 o'clock shadow shall be known as Lucky Beard. If you ever shave it, your luck will run out.
Seriously congratulations!Future Plans:
JNCIA Firewall
CCNA:Security
CCNP
More security exams and then the world. -
bertieb
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Congrats! Good luck in the new job.
This reminds me why I don't shave as much as possible. There is a lot to be said for lucky or magic stubble.
Though my missus fails to agreeThe trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they are genuine - Abraham Lincoln -
Devilsbane
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Congrats. The moral of the story here is to not give up. Treat every resume that you write as the one that is going to land you a job, because you never really know when it will.
Glad to hear that everything worked out for you!Decide what to be and go be it. -
cbsharpe0824
Member Posts: 153
So last week I was facing bench time, my contract was ending on the Friday and I had nothing lined up except an interview last Tuesday for a perm Job earning the "average" rate (which was less than half what I earn contracting) I thought that this interview would have been a walk in the park and a great plan B if nothing better came up but it turned out to be the worst interview I ever had (there was I think a conflict of interest in the guy doing the second phase technical interview, but that's another story.....as it turns out no one got the job)...as crap as it was.
Anyhow on Thursday there was mass panic where I work because someone realised I was leaving so they went into panic mode and started rushing through the paperwork to get my contract extended by 3 months..happy days I thought. 30 mins later I also got a call asking me to come for an interview the following day at an office literally 15 minutes drive away....I forgot to shave that day but went to the interview anyway, I could not even remember what the job was I had applied for. And I meant I finished early and I didn't really care anyway as my contract was good until the end of November.
Turns out I nailed the interview and have just been offered the most amazing permie job I have ever seen (since my last permie job), so I think my contracting days are over........for a few years at least.
What a turn arround in fortune, and in only a week.
Awesome my friend! And it wasn't by luck you got that position either cause God is in control.
Wish you well in your future endeavors... -
Xcluziv
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Congrats man!!!! Good things always happen when you me trouble face to face. Anytime I go through something I always remember this.......For every adversity, there is an equal or grater opportunity. Makes the situation alot better. Congrats again -
earweed
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What!! lolRobertKaucher wrote: »Da iawn a llongyfarchiadau!No longer work in IT. Play around with stuff sometimes still and fix stuff for friends and relatives. -
Mojo_666
Member Posts: 438
What!! lol
He said "Well done and congratulations"
Cheers and thank for all the kind words. -
RobertKaucher
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He said "Well done and congratulations"
Cheers and thank for all the kind words.
I studied a bit of Welsh back in my early 20s. Amazing language. I wish there had been so many more ways to practice back then as there are now. It's very hard to learn any language in isolation. If I were exceptionally rich, I would spend my considerable free time learning Welsh and Irish rather than C# and SQL.
