also one more thing...i know its a story told by few....but....the dollars are out there to be made....you just have to network and get from behind that computer monitor to find them...we can never make a dime sitting behind the monitor forever! we must get out there and network, and make friends and put ourselves out there in front of the spending few ;)
i did it on the golf course.....how do you do it? tw -----Original Message----- From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 4:15 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: choice of profession (was RE: Prefix Thoughts) you got it. i have to add my .02 cents now. i program cause it pays insane amounts of money. using cf and sql (i guess im one of those cf'ers who knows sql)i have made a real estate mgmt piece, and a few other small backend apps, that i sell/resell/modify tweak etc...and work at home doing it. now, this is apart from my FT job at www.navtrak.net but as tony, the revolution web design guy, i can now buy that 2000sqft house in the woods, and live a great life....short hours -- no! but, payoff in the end....F*** COLLEGE, F*** A DEGREE THANKS ALLAIRE, THANKS MACROMEDIA! tw -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 6:48 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: choice of profession (was RE: Prefix Thoughts) > > No one should choose to be a programmer for the short > > hours and easy money. > > What short hours?? I don't think I'd even call it easy > money... I would admit that I like getting paid for my > hobby and I'd probably be a programmer even if no one > paid me for it (assuming I could make a living doing > anything else!). I think you misread the intent of my statement: http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=irony The funny thing is, before I became a programmer, I worked with other programmers as a technical writer; I saw the insane hours they put in and swore up and down that I'd never be so stupid as to become a programmer myself. And then, the internet became popular, and ColdFusion made programming easy, and I got sucked into the "programmer lifestyle". So, thanks a bunch, Allaire. If it weren't for you guys, I'd be a lawyer right now - and I'd be somewhere other than in front of a computer right now. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
