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Becoming a contractor programmer in the UK

After delaying it for more than a year I have finally made the big move from a stable full time job to the dynamic world of contracting. One of the biggest reasons for delaying the move was not knowing the technicalities of getting all the machinery up and running. The main goal of this document is to provide an easily replicable process you can follow to become a contractor. I can not claim it is the best process to follow, but it has worked for me and other people who have advised me. Use my advice on your own responsibility.

I have made this a github repo with hope to receive community contributions to fix any inaccuracies, out of date information and typos.

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[Unit]
Description=DockerCassandra1
After=docker.service
Requires=docker.service

[Service]
Restart=always
ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker start -a voyager-cassandra-1
ExecStop=/usr/bin/docker stop -t 2 voyager-cassandra-1

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package actors.service

import akka.actor.{ ActorLogging, ActorRef }
import akka.persistence.PersistentActor
import akka.contrib.pattern._

import entities.dto.{TsuMovement, Tsu}
import TsuMovementCommands._
import common.GUIDCreator
import scalaz._

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Attaching to application_backend_7, application_backend_6, application_backend_5, application_seed_1
backend_7 | [INFO] [07/06/2015 11:33:08.109] [main] [Remoting] Starting remoting
backend_7 | [INFO] [07/06/2015 11:33:08.242] [main] [Remoting] Remoting started; listening on addresses :[akka.tcp://krax@172.17.0.25:2551]
backend_7 | [INFO] [07/06/2015 11:33:08.251] [main] [Cluster(akka://krax)] Cluster Node [akka.tcp://krax@172.17.0.25:2551] - Starting up...
backend_7 | [INFO] [07/06/2015 11:33:08.322] [main] [Cluster(akka://krax)] Cluster Node [akka.tcp://krax@172.17.0.25:2551] - Registered cluster JMX MBean [akka:type=Cluster]
backend_7 | [INFO] [07/06/2015 11:33:08.322] [main] [Cluster(akka://krax)] Cluster Node [akka.tcp://krax@172.17.0.25:2551] - Started up successfully
backend_7 | [INFO] [07/06/2015 11:33:08.328] [krax-akka.actor.default-dispatcher-4] [Cluster(akka://krax)] Cluster Node [akka.tcp://krax@172.17.0.25:2551] - Metrics will be retreived from MBeans, and may be incorrect on some platforms. To 

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val LoglevelPattern = """.*\[(DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR)\].*""".r
LoglevelPattern: scala.util.matching.Regex = .*\[(DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR)\].*

"""1.  [INFO] starting system""" match { case LoglevelPattern(level) => level; case other => "OTHER" }
res1: String = INFO

"""1.  [WARNING] starting system""" match { case LoglevelPattern(level) => level; case other => "OTHER" }
res2: String = OTHER

"""1.  [WARNING] starting system""" match { case LoglevelPattern(level) => level; case other => "OTHER" }

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ghci> 2**2
4.0
ghci> 2**2**2
16.0
ghci> 2**2**2**2
65536.0
ghci> 2**2**2**2**2
Infinity
ghci> exit

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def fib(n: Int): Int = {
    def go(first: Int, second: Int, iteration: Int): Int = iteration match {
        case _ if iteration == n    => first + second
        case _                      => go(second, first + second, iteration + 1)
    }
    go(0, 1, 1)
}

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import mesosphere.mesos.util.FrameworkInfo
import org.apache.mesos.MesosSchedulerDriver


/**
 * @author Tobi Knaup
 */

object Main extends App {

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import java.awt.datatransfer._
import java.awt.Toolkit
import java.util.UUID

def clipboardUUID = {
    val uuid: String = UUID.randomUUID.toString()
    val stringSelection = new StringSelection(uuid)
    val clpbrd = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard()
    clpbrd.setContents(stringSelection, null)
}