Interesting...sounds cool! Thanks for the info Phillip! Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Phillip Broussard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 10:19 AM Subject: RE: Independent Versus Full-Time > I kind of fell into the independent thing. A bunch of people got laid > off where I worked. The ones who got jobs helped the others out the best > they could. A friend helped me get a contract to finish an app for a > company he started working for. That turned into a 3 month contract and > then into a 1 year contract. It has been real nice but it can be > difficult. > > I have a few friends that know what I can do so it helps me a lot. I am > also working on some free CF apps to help me show off my skills for > future jobs. Plus some of us are putting together a site that will show > off the things we can do. Everything form design, Flash, CF, writing, > whatever. It's just a place to highlight our skills. Plus it is a lot of > fun. :] > > I think the best thing to do would be get some side jobs and see how you > like it. If it works out, then keep getting more jobs until you can go > it alone. I know that is easier said than done. > > Just remember that as long as you have cf-commuity you will never be > alone. > :) > > Phillip > > > > > Hi there, > > > > Just curious as to how many of you are independent consultants versus > > full-timers. I'm a full-timer, and have luckily not been one of the > > "casualties" over the last couple years. Business is good, however, > > building up someone else's company versus my own, with the possibility > > of getting laid off, or the company going under any time, makes me > > really think about my business/marketing experience, combined with > > internet development experience, and whether now is the time to begin > > "spreading my wings" toward independent status. Have either of you > > recently taken this "leap" into independent status? Perhaps some of > you > > have found independent status lonely, and have become "wage slaves" > > again - if so, what were your experiences? My thoughts are that as > > developers, some of us are not as "marketing savvy" as we are > > "development savvy", so taking the leap into independent status could > be > > like tying an anchor onto ones ankles, and jumpping off a cliff into > the > > storming seas. I'm considering taking that dive, however, want to > "soar > > like an eagle", keeping an eye out for opportunities, and catching as > > many "business development proposals" as are out there, bringing them > > back to my perch to build, then deliver. Excuse the cliches....just > > feeling a bit entertaining at the moment. Have any of you "soared > like > > an eagle" lately - if so, what advice can you give to those > entertaining > > the idea? Have either of you been successful with beginning to spread > > your wings by catching evening and weekend gigs - if so, what > marketing > > strategies do you use? > > > > Cheers! > > Chuck > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
