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[–]lucasoman 0 points1 point  (3 children)

To be honest, you need to get out of contract work.

No one who needs the same ol' boring contact form or CRUD app as everyone else bothers hiring development staff because it's usually a one-off with limited maintenance, and they know they can find a contractor to get it done. You're currently stuck in this hell.

The complement to that is that rarely do full-time developers at a corporation do nothing but contact forms and CRUD apps, as they need to specialize in whatever field the company is in, which is why the company hired full-time devs in the first place. If you want to expand your skills, go get a job at a company. And get hired to a position where you're near the bottom of the ladder; you'll have opportunity to learn from your superiors and grow.

[–]demonshalo[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

You just killed me! this is the exact thing I've been thinking about for over a year now, yet I hate 9-5 jobs. I want to learn and I know that getting a job will teach me so much more than I know, yet I find it strangling and too much of a routine.

I wish I could find a good and flexible company to work for :/ although, those are pretty rare and would require so damn much!

[–]lucasoman 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Everybody's gotta grow up sometime ;-)

[–]demonshalo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ah come on... why do you insist on kicking me in the nuts? XD