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I'd like to add a detail commensurate with what MB is saying. At one time it was considered a deficiency for a person to have moved about from job to job. Such is not often the case, these days. Often, if you don't move, you'll get moved (downsizing and such).
I started my own contracting company as soon as I was able simply because I need variety and no one expects a contractor to hang with a particular company once the contract is finished. It's enough that you're loyal and productive while you're there. The upshot, if you do it right, is that you are invited back, time after time.
Here's a true story. On my very first contract I was putting in about 45 hours a week and charging for about 38-40. After a few weeks the boss asked an employee working on the same project if I was putting in the hours I was billing for. The employee said, "Naw, he's putting in much more than that." I got a half-dozen additional contracts with that company over the next 10 years, each for more money than before.
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