What do you do for a living?

[jagarr]

i work in IT, small company
money sucks but i enjoy it

and enjoying your job is worth like infinity dollars so, its coo :thumbsup:

[SMOKIN A WHILE]

computer draftsman for an architect

[EmoRebellion]

i work in IT, small company
money sucks but i enjoy it

and enjoying your job is worth like infinity dollars so, its coo :thumbsup:

+1 for that! :thumbsup:

[FreshNugz]

i work in IT, small company
money sucks but i enjoy it

and enjoying your job is worth like infinity dollars so, its coo :thumbsup:

RIGHT ON!!! I couldn't agree more. Drives me nuts to be a slave all for the sake of some 'money'...everyone wants the money. I wish we lived in a world where everyone could have a job doing something they loved. Society in general would be so much happier, imo. And there are far too many people who can't do what they enjoy because of some sort of restriction, and ignorant of the fact that this person would be so much more productive in that place than the inevitable one guy who's working there just cause he needs money. Sucks how we all just slave for cash...but we have to.

Sorry, hIgh ramble. lol.


Oh and for those who started their own business from scratch and it's now successful, how did you go about doing it...just curious.:jointsmile:

[the image reaper]

retired longhaul truckdriver ... 31 years out there, over 4,000,000 safe miles (and a couple scary ones ) ... :S2:

[Mississippi Steve]

[QUOTE=
Oh and for those who started their own business from scratch and it's now successful, how did you go about doing it...just curious.:jointsmile:[/QUOTE]

12 hour work days, then another 2 or 3 hours of paperwork, *EVERY DAY*, then there is the 5 - 7 semester hours of continuing education and training every year to keep up with the ever changing technologies, and investing every extra penny back into the company.

To start a successful business today, you need a *MINIMUM* of $50,000 in start-up seed money, plus a years salary. I would also highly recommend some business courses at the local JC.

Good record keeping and book keeping is paramount. I get audited every 3 years whether I need it or not. Be able to track where every penny went (literally). Get a very good tax preparer, and put 30% of your gross profits in a seperate savings account so when it comes time to write those checks to the IRS, you *have* the money in the bank.

FWIW, it take a minimum of 5 years to make or break for a start-up company.

If you make it past the first year, you have done better than 90% of the other new start-up companies, if you make it to 5 years, your have pretty much beaten the odds, but.... the longer your company is in business, the more you have to work to *STAY* in business.

The best advice I can give is... *NEVER* be the low bidder, *NEVER* do "cheap", *ALWAYS* work to be the very best at your vocation.

Heard in the local grocery..."Mr Steve isn't cheap, but he is really really good"

[stinkyattic]

Heard in the local grocery..."Mr Steve isn't cheap, but he is really really good"

Yup. That's what I say about my mechanic. He charges more per hour than the dealership, but he's been wrenching VWs since God was a child and works much faster and more efficiently than the $10 per hour techs with the clean polo shirts
And he's got an almost cult-like following of loyal customers as a result.

[The Figment]

retired longhaul truckdriver ... 31 years out there, over 4,000,000 safe miles (and a couple scary ones ) ... :S2:

I drive a large Delivery truck About 400 Miles a Nite,four days a week....Scary around these parts = "Slideways" Oh,how I can Equate!!!

[jagarr]

To start a successful business today, you need a *MINIMUM* of $50,000 in start-up seed money, plus a years salary. I would also highly recommend some business courses at the local JC.

in addition to my 9-5 i have my own business and i gotta say steve is pretty much dead-on.

i borrowed 20 grand extra to grow my already five years+ old business and it lasted a week.

one week and it was allllllll gone. truthfully it was gone before i even cashed the check. i don't think id try to start a biz today without at least a hundred grand. its rough out there!
owning your own business is GREAT and lots of fun, but it is 100x more work than just getting a job and working somewhere and forgetting about it when you go home at 5. being a business owner means you are at work every second you're awake and if you aren't, you're doing it wrong.

[swice1]

pool lifeguard