Posted by BarbaraCat on July 30, 2002, at 23:46:13
In reply to Re: What I do for a living » BarbaraCat, posted by mair on July 30, 2002, at 7:20:32
Thanks for that, Mair. I've been slowly taking on a few consulting jobs setting up home offices, teaching computer class one night a week, ebay training, etc. My hours and terms, no interminable back to back meetings, no huge projects to stress over, and it's been enjoyable. I live in a small hamlet with plenty of home computer owners, but few if any technical people to support them. Your post was kinda like a validation to pursue this - as long as I don't overdo it like I'm wont to do! Yeah, it's not my heart's desire, but maybe it will end up being a good thing for all. Besides, poverty sucks.
> " And contrary to what many believe, there are precious few computer jobs one can do from home."
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> Barbara, I don't know what your computer skills are, but I can tell you that small offices constantly need people to help them sort out software problems, particularly with small office business networks. I think this is also true of home users who can't figure out why they're having problems with their PC and don't want to have to disconnect their hard drive and take it somewhere to be checked.
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> My 12 person office utilizes the services of outside computer experts heavily, and we're always willing to give new people a try. We have trouble getting the better ones to come in as quickly as we need them. I've just always thought that that market is not yet saturated.
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> Mair
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