Evening all, sorry I've not posted in ages, I've been mad busy.

My hard work has just been rewarded with redundancy so I'm now
available for work if anybody out there is looking for an experienced
VB & Cold Fusion programmer in Cumbria.  However, I have noticed that
Cumbria is almost completely devoid of IT and what is there pays such
silly money that its quite obvious why so many people up and leave...
oh well, looks like I'll be selling the house i bought only a year ago
:(

Tony

Tony Kenny wrote:

> Evening all, sorry I've not posted in ages, I've been mad busy.
> 
> My hard work has just been rewarded with redundancy so I'm now
> available for work if anybody out there is looking for an experienced
> VB & Cold Fusion programmer in Cumbria.  However, I have noticed that
> Cumbria is almost completely devoid of IT and what is there pays such
> silly money that its quite obvious why so many people up and leave...
> oh well, looks like I'll be selling the house i bought only a year ago
> :(
> 
> Tony


I'm so sorry to hear your story, Tony. I know what it feels like to have 
to get on your bike. Pinny the Much Older has tried to keep one step 
ahead of the beat in IT, on three occasions, and maybe one day it'll pay 
off, and we'll be able to settle down.

Jp

In article , 
tony@kenny.net says...

> Evening all, sorry I've not posted in ages, I've been mad busy.
> 
> My hard work has just been rewarded with redundancy so I'm now
> available for work if anybody out there is looking for an experienced
> VB & Cold Fusion programmer in Cumbria.  However, I have noticed that
> Cumbria is almost completely devoid of IT and what is there pays such
> silly money that its quite obvious why so many people up and leave...
> oh well, looks like I'll be selling the house i bought only a year ago


Could you not set up on your own doing something?
-- 
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http://sausagefans.com/newsarticle.php?id=113

"Stephen (Sausagefans.com)"  wrote in message
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> In article ,
> tony@kenny.net says...
> > Evening all, sorry I've not posted in ages, I've been mad busy.
> >
> > My hard work has just been rewarded with redundancy so I'm now
> > available for work if anybody out there is looking for an experienced
> > VB & Cold Fusion programmer in Cumbria.  However, I have noticed that
> > Cumbria is almost completely devoid of IT and what is there pays such
> > silly money that its quite obvious why so many people up and leave...
> > oh well, looks like I'll be selling the house i bought only a year ago
>
> Could you not set up on your own doing something?
> --
> Hands off the Cumberland sausage
> http://sausagefans.com/newsarticle.php?id=113


Sorry to hear that Tony. Hope you find a solution for your probs.Nice to
hear from you even tho' the circumstances aren't too bright. I hope some how
you can keep your house.

Edith.

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 06:46:16 +0100, Stephen (Sausagefans.com) wrote:


> Could you not set up on your own doing something?


Once a wage slave always a wage slave without a fairly hefty push. 
Redunancy is such a push... But it depends on how many contacts you 
have that are really going to come up with work rather than just 
saying they will when you start doing market research.

Once freelance or in business in your own right, very few people can 
go back to being a wage slave. The freedom that being your own boss 
gives is well worth the lack of security. Not that any waged job is 
particulary secure these days...

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"Dave Liquorice"  wrote in message
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> On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 06:46:16 +0100, Stephen (Sausagefans.com) wrote:
>
> > Could you not set up on your own doing something?
>
> Once a wage slave always a wage slave without a fairly hefty push.
> Redunancy is such a push... But it depends on how many contacts you
> have that are really going to come up with work rather than just
> saying they will when you start doing market research.
>
> Once freelance or in business in your own right, very few people can
> go back to being a wage slave. The freedom that being your own boss
> gives is well worth the lack of security. Not that any waged job is
> particulary secure these days...
>
> --
> Cheers                                              new5pam@howhill.com
> Dave.                                             pam is missing e-mail


Wise words, Dave. Good morning.

Edith.

> 
> Could you not set up on your own doing something?


Not realy within Cumbria, the problem is that it really is a 'dead
end' when it comes to technology, espeically programming. Besides,
setting up on ones own would require capital (to live on whilst
hutning for contracts and awaiting payment. I dont have and a customer
base which Cumbria doesn't have :(
I did do freelance once or twice and had to travel to London a lot for
it and had a hell of a job getting people to pay invoices on time. Not
a situation I want to get into again.

It is looking highly likely that I'll have to move to Newcastle or
Manchester to find work. Yet another skilled worker leaving Cumbria.
At times like this I really wish I was in a 'minority' of some sort,
there is no help for 'healthy white males' down on their luck!

Tony

"Tony Kenny"  wrote in message
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> >
> > Could you not set up on your own doing something?
>
> Not realy within Cumbria, the problem is that it really is a 'dead
> end' when it comes to technology, espeically programming. Besides,
> setting up on ones own would require capital (to live on whilst
> hutning for contracts and awaiting payment. I dont have and a customer
> base which Cumbria doesn't have :(
> I did do freelance once or twice and had to travel to London a lot for
> it and had a hell of a job getting people to pay invoices on time. Not
> a situation I want to get into again.
>
> It is looking highly likely that I'll have to move to Newcastle or
> Manchester to find work. Yet another skilled worker leaving Cumbria.
> At times like this I really wish I was in a 'minority' of some sort,
> there is no help for 'healthy white males' down on their luck!
>
> Tony


Perhaps The Council have use for a programmer, Tony?

Edith.

On 13 Apr 2005 03:21:35 -0700, Tony Kenny wrote:


> I did do freelance once or twice and had to travel to London a lot 
> for it ...


Why do you need top travel for the bulk of programming work? Shirley, 
it is ideal for telecommuting. OK you'll have to have physical 
meetings to discuss an application, project or specification 
occasionally but isn't the majority of a programmers work code 
hacking? You can do that at a computer at home just as easily as one 
in an office. Get a broadband link and I'm sure some of the meetings 
could be done over that. At least thats what the marketing puff would 
have you believe, however I do have my doubts about how effective "net 
meetings" are in reality.


> It is looking highly likely that I'll have to move to Newcastle or
> Manchester to find work. Yet another skilled worker leaving Cumbria.


Newcastle is commutable from this bit of Cumbria, it's only an hour 
away.  B-)


> At times like this I really wish I was in a 'minority' of some sort,
> there is no help for 'healthy white males' down on their luck!


If your are signed on for the "dole" there is plenty of free 
training/retraining stuff available if you ask and dig a bit. My 
dealings with the DHSS recently were pretty good, if your obviously an 
intelligent person willing to help themselves and put some effort in 
you get a much better response from the DHSS staff than someone 
scrounger who is only there so their Giro doesn't get stopped.

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Dave.                                             pam is missing e-mail

Tony Kenny  wrote in message
news:f5ec5414.0504121406.373a772b@posting.google.com...

> Evening all, sorry I've not posted in ages, I've been mad busy.
>
> My hard work has just been rewarded with redundancy so I'm now
> available for work if anybody out there is looking for an experienced
> VB & Cold Fusion programmer in Cumbria.  However, I have noticed that
> Cumbria is almost completely devoid of IT and what is there pays such
> silly money that its quite obvious why so many people up and leave...
> oh well, looks like I'll be selling the house i bought only a year ago
> :(
>

Hi Tony

Well, that's really tough. It's hard to make a living in Cumbria. Anyway, I
can't offer you a job, but I can offer you an invitation to our forthcoming
boink - wouldn't you just love to meet jpinny & johnny?

ally

"Dave Liquorice"  wrote in message news:...

> On 13 Apr 2005 03:21:35 -0700, Tony Kenny wrote:
> 
> > I did do freelance once or twice and had to travel to London a lot 
> > for it ...
> 
> Why do you need top travel for the bulk of programming work? Shirley, 
> it is ideal for telecommuting. OK you'll have to have physical 
> meetings to discuss an application, project or specification 
> occasionally but isn't the majority of a programmers work code 
> hacking? You can do that at a computer at home just as easily as one 
> in an office. Get a broadband link and I'm sure some of the meetings 
> could be done over that. At least thats what the marketing puff would 
> have you believe, however I do have my doubts about how effective "net 
> meetings" are in reality.
> 
> > It is looking highly likely that I'll have to move to Newcastle or
> > Manchester to find work. Yet another skilled worker leaving Cumbria.
> 
> Newcastle is commutable from this bit of Cumbria, it's only an hour 
> away.  B-)
> 
> > At times like this I really wish I was in a 'minority' of some sort,
> > there is no help for 'healthy white males' down on their luck!
> 
> If your are signed on for the "dole" there is plenty of free 
> training/retraining stuff available if you ask and dig a bit. My 
> dealings with the DHSS recently were pretty good, if your obviously an 
> intelligent person willing to help themselves and put some effort in 
> you get a much better response from the DHSS staff than someone 
> scrounger who is only there so their Giro doesn't get stopped.




Thanks for that Dave, I found that even on contract work, most people
just couldn't get their head around the working from home thing, its
also a pain in the but hunting for work, I'm really looking for
stability at the minute :)
Ideally, moving to Carlisle and commuting to Newcastle, I've applied
for two interesting roles over there already :) I'm waiting to hear
from 5 jobs at the minute, all perfectly within my skillset :)

As for meetings over the net, I find that trying to explain something
technical to somebody who is not technical is often easier in person
with a pencil and paper, I also like the personal touch.  I think we
all overuse technology and forget that we are human.

In the meantime, I'm retraining myself into VB.NET, I was going to
take an intnse MCAD course, but putting 3k on the credit card just
now doesn't seem like a brilliant idea - though it would be a great
course :)

cheers

Tony

On 14 Apr 2005 04:36:38 -0700, tony@kenny.net (Tony Kenny) wrote:


>"Dave Liquorice"  wrote in message news:...
>> On 13 Apr 2005 03:21:35 -0700, Tony Kenny wrote:
>> 
>> > I did do freelance once or twice and had to travel to London a lot 
>> > for it ...
>> 
>> Why do you need top travel for the bulk of programming work? Shirley, 
>> it is ideal for telecommuting. OK you'll have to have physical 
>> meetings to discuss an application, project or specification 
>> occasionally but isn't the majority of a programmers work code 
>> hacking? You can do that at a computer at home just as easily as one 
>> in an office. Get a broadband link and I'm sure some of the meetings 
>> could be done over that. At least thats what the marketing puff would 
>> have you believe, however I do have my doubts about how effective "net 
>> meetings" are in reality.
>> 
>> > It is looking highly likely that I'll have to move to Newcastle or
>> > Manchester to find work. Yet another skilled worker leaving Cumbria.
>> 
>> Newcastle is commutable from this bit of Cumbria, it's only an hour 
>> away.  B-)
>> 
>> > At times like this I really wish I was in a 'minority' of some sort,
>> > there is no help for 'healthy white males' down on their luck!
>> 
>> If your are signed on for the "dole" there is plenty of free 
>> training/retraining stuff available if you ask and dig a bit. My 
>> dealings with the DHSS recently were pretty good, if your obviously an 
>> intelligent person willing to help themselves and put some effort in 
>> you get a much better response from the DHSS staff than someone 
>> scrounger who is only there so their Giro doesn't get stopped.
>
>
>
>Thanks for that Dave, I found that even on contract work, most people
>just couldn't get their head around the working from home thing, its
>also a pain in the but hunting for work, I'm really looking for
>stability at the minute :)
>Ideally, moving to Carlisle and commuting to Newcastle, I've applied
>for two interesting roles over there already :) I'm waiting to hear
>from 5 jobs at the minute, all perfectly within my skillset :)
>
>As for meetings over the net, I find that trying to explain something
>technical to somebody who is not technical is often easier in person
>with a pencil and paper, I also like the personal touch.  I think we
>all overuse technology and forget that we are human.
>
>In the meantime, I'm retraining myself into VB.NET, I was going to
>take an intnse MCAD course, but putting 3k on the credit card just
>now doesn't seem like a brilliant idea - though it would be a great
>course :)
>
>cheers
>
>Tony


For a third of that you could get trained to be an electrician....
(Standing on your head).

J.

On 12 Apr 2005 15:06:42 -0700, tony@kenny.net (Tony Kenny) wrote:


>Evening all, sorry I've not posted in ages, I've been mad busy.
>
>My hard work has just been rewarded with redundancy so I'm now
>available for work if anybody out there is looking for an experienced
>VB & Cold Fusion programmer in Cumbria.  However, I have noticed that
>Cumbria is almost completely devoid of IT and what is there pays such
>silly money that its quite obvious why so many people up and leave...
>oh well, looks like I'll be selling the house i bought only a year ago
>:(
>
>Tony



Did you see the ad for a Web developer in Penrith @ the weekend?



Contact:
Keith McMean
Operations Mgr
CN New Media
New Media house
Hartness Rd
Penrith
CA11 9BD

keith.mcmean@cngroup.co.uk

P 26 Times & Star April 15

http://careers.cngroup.co.uk/vacancy.asp?id=190

Bill for finding fee will be in the post....

J.