>Who's in business for themselves? This whole issue with my contract going >away in December has gotten me thinking about going into business for >myself.
I should add that be sure to research what it will cost you in terms of benefits. It's hard to beat what companies can offer in terms of things like health insurance, retirement plans (matching funds, etc.) or other perks like education reimbursement, paid conferences, etc. While I make considerably more as gross income on my own, I would say what I have to pay out each year for health costs and extra 401 savings brings my net to less than I would make working a regular CF job. That depends greatly on what type of health plan you can get, if you have had no medical issues for over 5+ years, you are in much better shape to become self-employed than if you've had any surgeries or other medical problems. I was lucky in that I was on a Blue Cross plan with my previous employer and was able to just roll that over to my state's guaranteed health coverage...but it's still very expensive with high deductibles and co-pays. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247960 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
