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		squinn2 on July 31, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Becoming a contractor programmer in the UK Anyone know what the market's like for embedded s/w development these days? ~ 15 years ago (ouch) recall we were using a lot of contractors for protracted periods & had to keep them sweet for fear they might just skip off to another job. Didn't make the transition then. Always wondered ..

pyb on July 31, 2015 [–]

Embedded contracting in the UK is dead atm. I found that in the field, most contract vacancies from agents are fake. As for the few hw startups, they're mostly unfunded.

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