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Originally Posted by Docsherlock
There is NO way you are going to convince me that 500 quid a day gross is not a LOT of money. If you choose to work part time, more power to you. Everyone pays tax and expenses and most people could save a very considerable sum earning that kind of money even part time.
You should appreciate what you have.
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Are you being thick ? Which bit of *less* than 50% are you missing ?
I never said nor intimated £500/day.
On the note of those earning £1000/day, if you really know or knew people earning that then they are very good at a specific thing, or bullshitters.
It is not always about choosing when to work, it is often about the availability of work. So a "day rate" is a bad price point.
I have weeks without work, so (using your figure of £500/day) one days work out of 30 is actually £16.66/day. You can't save much on that.
Yes, I choose to work this way, and many cannot understand it. I choose not to take long term contracts (I'm with Ted about the siting behind a desk thing). But *don't* assume it is all good times and good money. If I don't put effort in to find work then there is none.
So, suggesting someone should go out and earn £1000/day doing IT work (as you did) was just short of ridiculous. Unless you were offering him that job ?
Oh, and I do appreciate what I have, it is a life, not tied down by an employer (other than myself).
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