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Originally Posted by KTown
I am a consultant and yes you are right you can make more during the boom because there are a tons of hours of work up for the taking. With that being said the problem with a lot of consultants is they tend to spend everything they make. If you are going to consult, you must at minimum save 6 months worth of living expenses. I am assuming most people could find a job within 6 months, even if it is doing something not related in your degree. I try to keep 2 years of living expenses in my company so I don't have to change my lifestyle during a recession.
With that being said I worked 2400 hours in 2009 when half the O&G engineers were out of work. I've been very lucky obtaining a boat load of work throughout but with that being said I am not like most people my age. I put my work first and its paid off. I've consulted for one company now over 5 years. I've seen this company go from 250 people to 50 people and back to 200+ now. Yet they kept me over staff people during the down turn, so I am not sure it is in my best interest to move around for an extra $5.00 an hour and rebuild the relationships that I currently have with my existing contracts. I've hit 2800 hours this past year.
Work hard, play hard. That's what I stick by.
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I meant the fact you can get yourself a $20-$50 rate bump depending on what you are doing by moving around in a boom.
Working 2800 hours sounds like hell. No thanks. I'd rather be one of those guys working 6 months of the year making what everyone else is working a whole year for (but sadly I'm not, I've seen it done plenty though).