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      • Full time vs contractor web developer. 5 Reasons to be a contractor

      Lots of exposure to different ways of working

      • No two clients or projects are the same
      • Different tech stacks
      • Different processes and approaches
      • Lots of opportunities to gain more skills and experience

        • Flexibility

        • Work the way you want to work using the tools that you want to use
        • Drop in and out of projects when you’re needed
        • You don’t have to work if you don’t want too
        • Work from anywhere attitude
        • Have as much or as little holiday as you want

          • You are in charge of your progression

          • Know what skills you have and what areas you need to develop
          • Take training that matters to you rather than to the company
          • Have meeting that matter to you rather than the company

            • Money

            • Whilst money isn’t everything, contractors are often on more money then the normal full time developers
            • Certain taxable benefits that you can use
            • Helps fund hardware/software and other business requirements

              • Being your own boss

              • Better work life balance
              • Total control over what project you’re working on
              • Total control over how much you pay yourself
              • Total control over when you’re on holiday
              • Total control over what you want to learn
              • Total control over who you work for

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