Hi, I normally contract in MSBI, Oracle, .Net/.Net Core, focusing on a property platform at the moment. Have also been working hard on upgrading my limited company website too.
Get into trading cryptocurrency (but not to risk more than you can afford to lose). It may sound strange but by doing this over time, you become indifferent to what is unlikely to be a one-off event.
Another observation from my experience of the contracting and job markets. Often - the more industrial significant technology is not going to go away quickly. So if a new version of SQL Server gets released it is going to take a good while to get adopted, and is unlikely to need you to know the latest version like yesterday.
Unfortunately, I do have conversations with agents who have zero understanding of the tech industry. One such discussion went like this.
From recruiter
One of our client is looking for a Senior Product Developer for a contract role in London
Experience in ASP>NETMVC/SQL/AWS is mandatory
Kindly let me know if you are interested in the role
ME Honest reply, indicating I have played around with Cloud tech and researched it but don't see it as an issue that I haven't formally used it. As a Solution Architect I have to research different technologies but wouldn't claim to be an expert in AWS.
Recruiter
Hi,
Thank you for replying
AWS is very much required for the role
Me thinking
Hmmm, do they really need this? After all, it is just a server/deployment target.
So this is kind of how FOMO can bite you. Because you haven't run around hysterically salivating over the latest release, we may miss out on some opportunities.
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Get into trading cryptocurrency (but not to risk more than you can afford to lose). It may sound strange but by doing this over time, you become indifferent to what is unlikely to be a one-off event.
Another observation from my experience of the contracting and job markets. Often - the more industrial significant technology is not going to go away quickly. So if a new version of SQL Server gets released it is going to take a good while to get adopted, and is unlikely to need you to know the latest version like yesterday.
Unfortunately, I do have conversations with agents who have zero understanding of the tech industry. One such discussion went like this.
From recruiter
One of our client is looking for a Senior Product Developer for a contract role in London
Experience in ASP>NETMVC/SQL/AWS is mandatory
Kindly let me know if you are interested in the role
ME Honest reply, indicating I have played around with Cloud tech and researched it but don't see it as an issue that I haven't formally used it. As a Solution Architect I have to research different technologies but wouldn't claim to be an expert in AWS.
Recruiter
Hi,
Thank you for replying
AWS is very much required for the role
Me thinking
Hmmm, do they really need this? After all, it is just a server/deployment target.
So this is kind of how FOMO can bite you. Because you haven't run around hysterically salivating over the latest release, we may miss out on some opportunities.