>Just this morning I was sitting and thinking, "Is there any future in IT for me? Nowt's come up for ages. I need to get a job. Do I take anything, even low wage, or do I hold out for a proper IT job? No I think I need to continue and not give up on it just yet." The unemployment service have started to try to bully me into taking, say, a driver/deliveryman type job. I have been thinking of other outlets, esp. since working on my "mini farm", and of getting into garden development (I have a friend who does it occasionally and, if business picks up ...)
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>Anyway 10 mins later my phone rings: an agency with some VFP work. DAN - DAN - DAHHHHN!
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>Anyway, the down-side: It's in the City of London (1.5 hrs commute - once I've got to the train - each way - and something I've always abhorred), the travelling would cost a bomb, it's only for 3 months, then I'm back as I was.
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>The upside: In that 3 mths I can earn up to nearly half of my last yearly salary (dep on what rate the agent can blag me). The role is as the VFP guru in a team that is converting a VFP suite to C# and .NET - sort of front-ending the developers. So there's the opportunity for me to absorb that side of the business and get it under my belt for my CV.
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>What dya think? Sound like a good move? Useful experience? Who knows, I might even get to like the "high-life" in the City.
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>Anyways, the agent was sounding me out as to whether it's worth submitting my CV to the employer, and a telephone interview would need to be passed first. So I'm not cock-a-hoop with paroxysms of expectation just yet

Sounds like a great opportunity. It's good money, it gets you out of the house, it gets you exposure to C# and .NET. Unless you have something going on you can't tear yourself away from 5 days a week for the summer, I would brush up that CV and send it off to the agent.

Commuting by train is IMO quite pleasant, certainly compared to driving.

Good luck with it if you decide to proceed.