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If you are clear that you have been contracting then anyone who claims your short stints are a problem is not someone you want to work with. (I had one guy in a big bank claim that I must be lying!)

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One problem is that resume reading software doesn't understand contracting usually so it lowers your scoring.

this is a nice thing to tell yourself to feel better, however in practice people will judge you and the current market is not going to make that one bit easier.

being career software engineer is dead anyways, time to re-skill. /rant off...

It remains true even if/when it doesn't make me feel better, in a tight market for example.

Interviews run both ways.

Anyhow, as a mindset it has worked well enough to get me to semi-retirement with cash in the bank.

it might have worked for some people at some times. I'm just saying there is judgement, not substantiated judgement in my eyes, as willingness to go extra mile associated with reality of being a contractor should be seen as a positive, but often it may not.

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