Software developer contractor

jonneymendoza · 15 Mar 2013 at 10:07

swillsy said:
Use a formation company to do the first two as its very cheap

3rd one can be done if you've got the patience

£125 to do all the setup via the accountant. good deal?

jonneymendoza · 9 Apr 2013 at 19:22

YES YES YES landed my first contract role! 400pd 2month contract!!

AWSOME. a damm shame contract falls between two public bank holidays!!

Lighters · 9 Apr 2013 at 20:17

Well done! doing what might I ask?

redeye_uk · 9 Apr 2013 at 20:26

Congrats mate. 400pd is good going for your first contract. As mentioned, what are you doing?

jonneymendoza · 9 Apr 2013 at 20:26

Android apps.

I am expertise in that but on my spare time secretly becoming a master at server side java/spring work

redeye_uk · 9 Apr 2013 at 20:28

That London based? Think I've seen that role in one of my emails. Who was the agent?

jonneymendoza · 9 Apr 2013 at 20:31

Yea mate london based. You a Android contractor?

redeye_uk · 9 Apr 2013 at 20:33

No, but I have a lot of recruiters in my network and I recall seeing an urgent need for android dev @ £400pd.

I'm a Web Dev

jonneymendoza · 9 Apr 2013 at 20:45

Possibly.

There are currently two roles for 400pd.

Maccy · 9 Apr 2013 at 21:17

Congrats to you, good news

I'll be looking to go down the contracting route one day, not for now though!

jonneymendoza · 9 Apr 2013 at 21:20

Thanks!

Haircut · 9 Apr 2013 at 21:48

Welcome to the club.
I got my first contract 4.5 years ago now. These days I couldn't imagine going back to a permie role, for me it's the ideal way of working right now

Steedie · 9 Apr 2013 at 21:50

I'll be reading this thread properly at some point

Thinking of doing this myself in Software QA, the automation side of it my specialisation, and the demand is very high for this skillset, so looking into doing it in the not too distant future

Congrats on landing your contract too

jonneymendoza · 9 Apr 2013 at 22:26

Any of u lot successfully applied and got a mortgage while contracting?

alx · 9 Apr 2013 at 22:33

jonneymendoza said:
Any of u lot successfully applied and got a mortgage while contracting?

I'm not a contractor, but when I spoke to a mortgage advisor recently they mentioned that there are certain mortgage companies that cater for contractors.

Haircut · 9 Apr 2013 at 22:34

jonneymendoza said:
Any of u lot successfully applied and got a mortgage while contracting?

Yep, got a mortgage last year.
I had to give them a few years of company books to get the mortgage I went for but other than providing a bit of documentation it was relatively painless.
There are other products that don't require the books though, you'd be best speaking to a proper contractor mortgage broker for the details.

redeye_uk · 9 Apr 2013 at 22:48

jonneymendoza said:
Any of u lot successfully applied and got a mortgage while contracting?

Most of the big banks will only ask for 2 years accounts, the rest 3 years. Provided you use a chartered accountant (another reason not to use Crunch) they'll simply ask for a letter/stamp as proof of your company accounts. The same pretty much applies when you are renting.

digipeep · 9 Apr 2013 at 23:27

I've been contracting since 1996, just be wary there are times when you will be on the bench, nice to have some money stashed away for these times.

jonneymendoza · 10 Apr 2013 at 10:00

quality thanks

oulton · 10 Apr 2013 at 10:43

Nice work contgrats welcome to the club