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you will never get £1000 a day as a software engineer unless you are specialist in either a rare or dying language, or within a very complex business domain. You have to really know your s
t though, regardless. In many ways it's far preferable to be in the middle of the bell curve on specialism and complexity of role, and then get more like 500-600 a day with far less hassle.
In IT you need to get fairly high up in order to get close to the grand. The ones most consistently in that range are experienced change directors etc with excellent track records. Chief Architects (like me) if they have excellent track records can be in that range too, and 700+ a day is reasonably common. For real reputation, it can go way over the grand. The closer you get to that, the more few and far between the gigs are, so you won't get consistently top money and be fully utilised all year. For high pressure gigs too, you can wave bye to taking even the odd day off.
There is a weird anomaly that even senior sounding roles in IT can have massively varying salary ranges. I've seen CTO roles for £55k, but equally I've seen same for £200k. Even the latter isn't quite a grand a day.
It's all moot anyway as IR35 has fked decent day rate independent contracting right in the ahole.
t though, regardless. In many ways it's far preferable to be in the middle of the bell curve on specialism and complexity of role, and then get more like 500-600 a day with far less hassle. In IT you need to get fairly high up in order to get close to the grand. The ones most consistently in that range are experienced change directors etc with excellent track records. Chief Architects (like me) if they have excellent track records can be in that range too, and 700+ a day is reasonably common. For real reputation, it can go way over the grand. The closer you get to that, the more few and far between the gigs are, so you won't get consistently top money and be fully utilised all year. For high pressure gigs too, you can wave bye to taking even the odd day off.
There is a weird anomaly that even senior sounding roles in IT can have massively varying salary ranges. I've seen CTO roles for £55k, but equally I've seen same for £200k. Even the latter isn't quite a grand a day.
It's all moot anyway as IR35 has f
ked decent day rate independent contracting right in the ahole. Commissioning engineer on offshore wind turbines and substations.
You need the right qualifications and experience, and you'd be working as a self-employed contractor, but £1k a day is far from unusual.
You also need to be happy to spend your working days out on high voltage electrical installations in the middle of the sea, in pretty harsh conditions and for days/weeks at a time. This is the bit I don't fancy, hence I do it onshore for a third of the money!
You need the right qualifications and experience, and you'd be working as a self-employed contractor, but £1k a day is far from unusual.
You also need to be happy to spend your working days out on high voltage electrical installations in the middle of the sea, in pretty harsh conditions and for days/weeks at a time. This is the bit I don't fancy, hence I do it onshore for a third of the money!
sane human said:
Signing on in the meantime.
I realise there is the possibility I'm responding to a complete troll here, but signing on because you won't work for less than a grand a day? Is it me>I don't normally condemn people on benefits, because there are some really low paid and s
tty jobs out there which I can quite understand why people don't want....... but is there any chance you might lower your sights to.... say a grand a week or something 
Partner in a City law firm.
You will have to do another couple of years at University, get a training contract (very competitive), get abused for two years as a trainee, qualify (very competitive), get abused for another six to eight years as an associate, be exceptionally good at what you do and very good at business development and get buy-in from existing partners to support your partnership application, become a partner. At this point you might be on 300 to 600k a year (it is quite opaque). So maybe a grand a day, or close to it.
If you continue to work like a dog for ten years, get good clients, do good work, don't molest any of your juniors and get sacked, you might be pulling in £1 million+.
If you hit the top of your field, then anything up to £10 million+ is possible, though most partners at the very top firms probably cap out nearer £2-3 million.
Hmm, not sure it's worth it when you write it out like that!
You will have to do another couple of years at University, get a training contract (very competitive), get abused for two years as a trainee, qualify (very competitive), get abused for another six to eight years as an associate, be exceptionally good at what you do and very good at business development and get buy-in from existing partners to support your partnership application, become a partner. At this point you might be on 300 to 600k a year (it is quite opaque). So maybe a grand a day, or close to it.
If you continue to work like a dog for ten years, get good clients, do good work, don't molest any of your juniors and get sacked, you might be pulling in £1 million+.
If you hit the top of your field, then anything up to £10 million+ is possible, though most partners at the very top firms probably cap out nearer £2-3 million.
Hmm, not sure it's worth it when you write it out like that!
FrenchCarFan said:
Deep sea welding?
fking dangerous job, become the best in your field and then put in as long as you can a day, fairly sure you'll be limited to how long you can spend on gas and repressurizing.
Don't think you'll be earning that sort of cash though....
"Deep Sea Welders' have no say about how long a 'shift' they put in, they do what they are told.f
king dangerous job, become the best in your field and then put in as long as you can a day, fairly sure you'll be limited to how long you can spend on gas and repressurizing.Don't think you'll be earning that sort of cash though....
Comstock said:
I realise there is the possibility I'm responding to a complete troll here, but signing on because you won't work for less than a grand a day? Is it me>
I don't normally condemn people on benefits, because there are some really low paid and stty jobs out there which I can quite understand why people don't want....... but is there any chance you might lower your sights to.... say a grand a week or something
I'm not signing on because I can't figure out how to earn a grand per day - that'd be ridiculous. I think the main reason for signing on is pretty obvious - IR35's a clue. I don't normally condemn people on benefits, because there are some really low paid and s
tty jobs out there which I can quite understand why people don't want....... but is there any chance you might lower your sights to.... say a grand a week or something Signing on because you can't earn £1k per day?
Really!
Troll.
If not; entitled, self-opinionated, snowflake with massive over-opinion of own self-worth.
That's my fking tax money you're talking about wasting; you're no better than some lazy council scum popping out 9 children to get more benefits.
Get. A. fking. Job. You. Lazy. bd.
But like I say; Troll.
Really!
Troll.
If not; entitled, self-opinionated, snowflake with massive over-opinion of own self-worth.
That's my f
king tax money you're talking about wasting; you're no better than some lazy council scum popping out 9 children to get more benefits.Get. A. f
king. Job. You. Lazy. bd.But like I say; Troll.
JonChalk said:
Signing on because you can't earn £1k per day?
Really!
Troll.
If not; entitled, self-opinionated, snowflake with massive over-opinion of own self-worth.
That's my fking tax money you're talking about wasting; you're no better than some lazy council scum popping out 9 children to get more benefits.
Get. A. fking. Job. You. Lazy. bd.
But like I say; Troll.
i can only see one troll. I guess you don't know what IR35 is either.Really!
Troll.
If not; entitled, self-opinionated, snowflake with massive over-opinion of own self-worth.
That's my f
king tax money you're talking about wasting; you're no better than some lazy council scum popping out 9 children to get more benefits.Get. A. f
king. Job. You. Lazy. bd.But like I say; Troll.
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