Do NOT work only your contract hours. It might seem like the logical choice but it rarely is because of following reasons :
1. You cannot build strong skills working just contract hours.
2. You cannot market your achievements by working only 40 hours. And in turn this makes you dispensable and more disposable.
3. You can't control your work which is probably the most important element of all this.
4. you can't search for great positions with the new skills you achieved if you only work 40 hours ...
Work in such a way that you get recognition for the hours worked.
Do important projects, not crappy side projects and MARKET THE HELL out of your work. Everyone should know what you are doing.
Every day at a job is a campaign to increase your salary massively - either at the job or somewhere else. (Btw, this is how most people in NYC think thought they may not admit it.)
You have to do impressive things and then use 3x your time marketing them to everyone else in the company. Everything else - money and promotions will follow.
(Process won't be pretty - but you won't be floundering nearly as much as others who don't take this advice.)
1. You cannot build strong skills working just contract hours. 2. You cannot market your achievements by working only 40 hours. And in turn this makes you dispensable and more disposable. 3. You can't control your work which is probably the most important element of all this. 4. you can't search for great positions with the new skills you achieved if you only work 40 hours ...
Work in such a way that you get recognition for the hours worked.
Do important projects, not crappy side projects and MARKET THE HELL out of your work. Everyone should know what you are doing.
Every day at a job is a campaign to increase your salary massively - either at the job or somewhere else. (Btw, this is how most people in NYC think thought they may not admit it.)
You have to do impressive things and then use 3x your time marketing them to everyone else in the company. Everything else - money and promotions will follow. (Process won't be pretty - but you won't be floundering nearly as much as others who don't take this advice.)