>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

I hate driving long distances, and there is no such thing as public transport out here, so I generally stay near the client site on weeknights in order to skip a major commute if the client is more than an hour or 2 away. I'm pretty good at picking up inexpensive hotels (usually mini suites with kitchens so I can save on meals) - I use priceline or hotels.com or whatever. Now with the price of fuel around here that makes an even better deal.

OTOH if your train service is reasonably comfortable, timely, and affordable, it would be a nice place to catch up on reading or studying or whatever.

Basically don't let distance stop you!