Quite simply money drives us all and the thought of money lures IT Professionals away from the perceived security of Permanent employment to Contracting.
It is true, as a contractor you can earn a lot of money, but as with anything in life there is a trade off and it’s not just the obvious things like lack of employee benefits, holiday pay, sick pay training and superannuation that you need to consider.
As a contractor you are expected to be an expert, a trouble shooter, a hired gun. You are there to do a job, do it well and do it quickly and you will be highly rewarded.
Longer hours and higher expectation is not generally something that ‘new’ contractors take into account and they need to.
You must expect to work harder than your permanent colleagues – at the end of the day you may be getting paid twice as much as them!!
So you don’t get any employee benefits and you’re expected to work longer and harder…..so why contracts?
“Why do you want to contract?” is something that I ask all candidates. The general response is “I want more money” – when I hear that I cringe.
Contracting is not about money – well it shouldn’t be!
A good contractor isn’t motivated by money alone.
These are the things that motivate a true contractor. The money is a recompense for their effort – not a major factor in their decision to be an IT Contractor.
So is contracting for you? Over the coming weeks and months we will explore the world of IT contracting and you can decide for yourself if this is the life for you.
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