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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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