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[steven_bishop]

What are the most common tech stacks the contractors use ? How can someone get into contracting ?

[mynegation → steven_bishop]

Depends on the area. Banks and finance use a lot of contractors. Java/Spring reigns supreme, but there are gigs for C#, C++ etc

There is a lot of contract work in Frontend/Backend and understandably it uses most popular stacks: Javascript/React/Ruby/Rails/Python/Django/PHP etc

[jokethrowaway → steven_bishop]

Same as employees.

There is nothing special about contractors, it's just a tradeoff fiscal benefits / employer's flexibility.

[tomcooks → steven_bishop]

Look at remote jobs boards and filter by contract or keywords lime "agency"