I don't want to start a new thread but here are some developments, I got my 16" macbook for my new job and I finally bought a desk so that I can focus on work exclusively until I am proficient.
Now onto the "fun" stuff, I was asked if I could interview my replacement about 2 hours before the interview :|, so I prepped a technical interview which was really simple. Asked a buddy to try it he did it in 10 minutes, brought it to my executive and manager and did it before we kicked off the interview and I did it in 2 minutes. They were skeptical if that was enough for a 30 minute interview, I countered with if they wanted to eat up 30 minutes or if they wanted to know if he was proficient in the skill set he said he was.
Kick off the interview, reviewed his resume and gauged his skill set, he has been doing this 3 times longer, than me cool this should be simple. I reviewed what the schema with him and then got to the questions, he looked over everything for 20 seconds and said ok, clicked leave meeting and confirmed. 3 minutes into his technical he dropped us. I felt bad but obviously this wasn't the job for him.
Fast forward to today, my company couldn't counter but they really don't want to lose me so they asked if I would consider contracting for them. I said sure, but idk what to request in pay or how to handle taxes. Do I need to start a LLC or what am I over looking. I am going to delay coming back as a contractor for a month so I can focus on my new job but they're going to be preparing an offer this week for contracting.