What Are You Doing Right Now
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@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
You could always take a job bouncing or bartending or similar at night. Just make sure it is the same or better pay than you get currently. Then start your own POS consulting during the day when you have available time.
That would be difficult to do - would it not?
Which part? Finding a good night gig? Probably not that hard. Starting your own POS firm? Should be pretty easy.
starting my own POS firm. I dont know the first thing about it.
What don't you know? You know the support portion already. that would seem like the hardest part.
Next is to find out what it takes to sell that POS software - what those companies require for you to be reseller.
Then go find some clients.
You say it as if it is simple.
Because... it is. Not like ordering a sandwich simple. But pretty darn simple in the grand scheme of things. Like super simple.
Lots of us here have started our own firms. It's almost part and parcel with being in IT. IT is a business discipline. If you can't start your own firm, you've got some critical IT gaps that you should fill. And one of the best ways to force yourself to learn that stuff is... starting your own firm.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
You could always take a job bouncing or bartending or similar at night. Just make sure it is the same or better pay than you get currently. Then start your own POS consulting during the day when you have available time.
That would be difficult to do - would it not?
Which part? Finding a good night gig? Probably not that hard. Starting your own POS firm? Should be pretty easy.
starting my own POS firm. I dont know the first thing about it.
You've been doing POS for years. Other than hiring someone to file your incorporation paperwork, there's not much more to know. Get out there and service some POS!
Doing POS support isn't a problem, Finding customers and building a client base
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@dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Next is to find out what it takes to sell that POS software - what those companies require for you to be reseller.
Then go find some clients.CAN skip that step, but it's a good one. You could service POS without reselling. But reselling gets you so much farther, faster.
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@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
You could always take a job bouncing or bartending or similar at night. Just make sure it is the same or better pay than you get currently. Then start your own POS consulting during the day when you have available time.
That would be difficult to do - would it not?
Which part? Finding a good night gig? Probably not that hard. Starting your own POS firm? Should be pretty easy.
starting my own POS firm. I dont know the first thing about it.
You've been doing POS for years. Other than hiring someone to file your incorporation paperwork, there's not much more to know. Get out there and service some POS!
Doing POS support isn't a problem, Finding customers and building a client base
Not really. It's way easier than other businesses because ALL of your customers you can just walk into and see what they are using. It's actually hard to find a business more straightforward.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
You could always take a job bouncing or bartending or similar at night. Just make sure it is the same or better pay than you get currently. Then start your own POS consulting during the day when you have available time.
That would be difficult to do - would it not?
Which part? Finding a good night gig? Probably not that hard. Starting your own POS firm? Should be pretty easy.
starting my own POS firm. I dont know the first thing about it.
You've been doing POS for years. Other than hiring someone to file your incorporation paperwork, there's not much more to know. Get out there and service some POS!
Doing POS support isn't a problem, Finding customers and building a client base
Not really. It's way easier than other businesses because ALL of your customers you can just walk into and see what they are using. It's actually hard to find a business more straightforward.
I'm gonna start looking into this
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@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
You could always take a job bouncing or bartending or similar at night. Just make sure it is the same or better pay than you get currently. Then start your own POS consulting during the day when you have available time.
That would be difficult to do - would it not?
Which part? Finding a good night gig? Probably not that hard. Starting your own POS firm? Should be pretty easy.
starting my own POS firm. I dont know the first thing about it.
You've been doing POS for years. Other than hiring someone to file your incorporation paperwork, there's not much more to know. Get out there and service some POS!
Doing POS support isn't a problem, Finding customers and building a client base
Not really. It's way easier than other businesses because ALL of your customers you can just walk into and see what they are using. It's actually hard to find a business more straightforward.
I'm gonna start looking into this
It's a good way to go. Support yourself at night and build a business in the day. It's what I did in the 1990s. Made all the difference. I was able to chart my own course early on
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PRTG reported disk space on one of the servers....
C Drive: 129GB
Free: 17GB
Windows Updates: 19GBsigh
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@wrcombs A number of people here have side consulting jobs I know @EddieJennings set up an LLC and does some work and got great advice from the forum. I've been reviewing it myself as I see mycompany dwindling down and Im looking for some new opportunities in 2022.
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@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
You could always take a job bouncing or bartending or similar at night. Just make sure it is the same or better pay than you get currently. Then start your own POS consulting during the day when you have available time.
That would be difficult to do - would it not?
Which part? Finding a good night gig? Probably not that hard. Starting your own POS firm? Should be pretty easy.
starting my own POS firm. I dont know the first thing about it.
What don't you know? You know the support portion already. that would seem like the hardest part.
Next is to find out what it takes to sell that POS software - what those companies require for you to be reseller.
Then go find some clients.
You say it as if it is simple.
No, I know getting clients is not simple... the rest though is simple..
it takes time and perseverance... and drive and motivation...and ultimate - it also takes risk...
Personally, considering your situation - I'd see about moving to part time custody - move in with your mom - sell your house.. and really work toward some job you really want, you have no wife - but you do have a girlfriend (last I knew)... so that will take your time away...
Of course almost no one would be willing to do any of that..
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
You could always take a job bouncing or bartending or similar at night. Just make sure it is the same or better pay than you get currently. Then start your own POS consulting during the day when you have available time.
That would be difficult to do - would it not?
Which part? Finding a good night gig? Probably not that hard. Starting your own POS firm? Should be pretty easy.
starting my own POS firm. I dont know the first thing about it.
You've been doing POS for years. Other than hiring someone to file your incorporation paperwork, there's not much more to know. Get out there and service some POS!
Doing POS support isn't a problem, Finding customers and building a client base
Not really. It's way easier than other businesses because ALL of your customers you can just walk into and see what they are using. It's actually hard to find a business more straightforward.
I'm gonna start looking into this
It's a good way to go. Support yourself at night and build a business in the day. It's what I did in the 1990s. Made all the difference. I was able to chart my own course early on
This also means next to no free time and little sleep! Dump the girlfriend now - unless she's totally cool not seeing you the next year while you build your business.
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@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs A number of people here have side consulting jobs I know @EddieJennings set up an LLC and does some work and got great advice from the forum. I've been reviewing it myself as I see mycompany dwindling down and Im looking for some new opportunities in 2022.
Hell, I still have a few clients from my days of business ownership (technically I am still a business owner
). and I've even picked up an extra one or three over the years without trying.
The extra 5-30K/yr is nice -
sitting the rear bedroom doing stuff & getting hot. 30 degrees C today, no AC in this room with the afternoon sun blasting onto the wall.
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@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
sitting the rear bedroom doing stuff & getting hot. 30 degrees C today, no AC in this room with the afternoon sun blasting onto the wall.
Back to spring-ish weather here. Weather is having issues committing to being summer.
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@dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
and ultimate - it also takes risk...
Only if you dump other income to do it. From a career perspective, it mitigates risk, a lot of it. It's actually one of the best ways to protect against career risk.
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@dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Personally, considering your situation - I'd see about moving to part time custody - move in with your mom - sell your house.. and really work toward some job you really want, you have no wife - but you do have a girlfriend (last I knew)... so that will take your time away...
Of course almost no one would be willing to do any of that..That's a lot and takes on risk. Might be smart, but it's not conservative in the ordinary sense (might be overall, I'd agree.)
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@dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs A number of people here have side consulting jobs I know @EddieJennings set up an LLC and does some work and got great advice from the forum. I've been reviewing it myself as I see mycompany dwindling down and Im looking for some new opportunities in 2022.
Hell, I still have a few clients from my days of business ownership (technically I am still a business owner
). and I've even picked up an extra one or three over the years without trying.
The extra 5-30K/yr is niceHow does your current company deal with the "moonlighting" situation?
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@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs A number of people here have side consulting jobs I know @EddieJennings set up an LLC and does some work and got great advice from the forum. I've been reviewing it myself as I see mycompany dwindling down and Im looking for some new opportunities in 2022.
Hell, I still have a few clients from my days of business ownership (technically I am still a business owner
). and I've even picked up an extra one or three over the years without trying.
The extra 5-30K/yr is niceHow does your current company deal with the "moonlighting" situation?
Just wondering to what extent they care.Rarely does anyone care unless there is competition. He doesn't work for an IT firm.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@pmoncho said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wrcombs A number of people here have side consulting jobs I know @EddieJennings set up an LLC and does some work and got great advice from the forum. I've been reviewing it myself as I see mycompany dwindling down and Im looking for some new opportunities in 2022.
Hell, I still have a few clients from my days of business ownership (technically I am still a business owner
). and I've even picked up an extra one or three over the years without trying.
The extra 5-30K/yr is niceHow does your current company deal with the "moonlighting" situation?
Just wondering to what extent they care.Rarely does anyone care unless there is competition. He doesn't work for an IT firm.
I see. I'm in medical also, but we have a side where we will help our clients with their IT. External IT (aka bench tech) work is rare now but it still kind of exists.
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Packing my bags, heading to San Juan del Sur with @CCWTech for the weekend.
