The listing is web scraped from other sites (jobserve, cwjobs, etc), which is a problem since most of them are fake.
It would be great if there was an actual site/company that had real jobs for the "HN crowd". Even if just a few.
Several months ago I've moved to London with the goal of finding contract work but my experienced has been quite negative. But that is simply my case where (1) I'm not a specialist and (2) have no UK experience.
I've realized that not all that glitters is gold. All that glitter also made me commit the mistake of asking for market rate, which likely didn't help.
Many of the ads are fake and the recruiters just call you to try to get info from you "how are you finding the job market? any interviews? with who? what tech did they use?" Just politely answer "I'm sorry but that information is confidential and I respect my business partners"
At this time I started searching for permanent roles, but have an obvious preference for contract.
Anyway, what I really wanted to ask is for any tips in landing a contract based role. Or if it's hopeless for someone without "UK experience".
I have a CS degree, have 10 year of professional experience, but very broad tech. But only the last 2 years are "devops" related which is what I'm interested. I like developing tools and automating. I don't mind backend (and known a bit of Django). I also have a keen interest in ML (recently finished coursera ML MOOC).
Several months ago I've moved to London with the goal of finding contract work but my experienced has been quite negative. But that is simply my case where (1) I'm not a specialist and (2) have no UK experience.
I've realized that not all that glitters is gold. All that glitter also made me commit the mistake of asking for market rate, which likely didn't help.
Many of the ads are fake and the recruiters just call you to try to get info from you "how are you finding the job market? any interviews? with who? what tech did they use?" Just politely answer "I'm sorry but that information is confidential and I respect my business partners"
At this time I started searching for permanent roles, but have an obvious preference for contract.
Anyway, what I really wanted to ask is for any tips in landing a contract based role. Or if it's hopeless for someone without "UK experience". I have a CS degree, have 10 year of professional experience, but very broad tech. But only the last 2 years are "devops" related which is what I'm interested. I like developing tools and automating. I don't mind backend (and known a bit of Django). I also have a keen interest in ML (recently finished coursera ML MOOC).