[OFFTOPIC] Finding the next lucrative niche (was: Re: Goodbye, Lingnu)

2011-11-14 Thread Omer Zak
We need some process for identifying the next niche to pursue, taking into account current skill set, customers/contacts, and effortexpense incurred in acquiring the competencies relevant for the next niche. Did anyone blog about such a process? On Mon, 2011-11-14 at 14:51 +0200, E L wrote:

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Finding the next lucrative niche (was: Re: Goodbye, Lingnu)

2011-11-14 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi, I'll give you one: Supporting hosting customers. Explanation: there are over 40 businesses here in Israel which provides VPS and dedicated server renting solutions. Most of those businesses (including mine) provide the machine to the customers as unmanaged, which means: the support you'll

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Finding the next lucrative niche (was: Re: Goodbye, Lingnu)

2011-11-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
2011/11/14 Hetz Ben Hamo het...@gmail.com: Hi, I'll give you one: Supporting hosting customers. Explanation: there are over 40 businesses here in Israel which provides VPS and dedicated server renting solutions. Most of those businesses (including mine) provide the machine to the customers

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Finding the next lucrative niche (was: Re: Goodbye, Lingnu)

2011-11-14 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On Nov 14, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: I can vouch for this. I am not a CS major and I consider myself a Linux amateur, but I have worked supporting various Linux servers for locals. Of course, I was making nowhere near the level of income that Shahar discusses on his blog, experience

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Finding the next lucrative niche (was: Re: Goodbye, Lingnu)

2011-11-14 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011, geoffrey mendelson wrote about Re: [OFFTOPIC] Finding the next lucrative niche (was: Re: Goodbye, Lingnu): Long ago I got out of the PC repair/support business when the 50 NIS an hour people took over. Am I the only one bothered by all this per hour talk? What prevents

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Finding the next lucrative niche (was: Re: Goodbye, Lingnu)

2011-11-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 16:33, Nadav Har'El n...@math.technion.ac.il wrote: On Mon, Nov 14, 2011, geoffrey mendelson wrote about Re: [OFFTOPIC] Finding the next lucrative niche (was: Re: Goodbye, Lingnu): Long ago I got out of the PC repair/support business when the 50 NIS an hour people took

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Finding the next lucrative niche (was: Re: Goodbye, Lingnu)

2011-11-14 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On Nov 14, 2011, at 6:48 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: Simply because price per hour is a quantitative metric. The fact that it is meaningless is meaningless. It's the bogo-mips of consulting. :-) Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM My high blood pressure medicine reduces my

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Finding the next lucrative niche (was: Re: Goodbye, Lingnu)

2011-11-14 Thread Etzion Bar-Noy
True. However, the best support can be given by a pro who has a cooperation of the hosting company. Most of them will never cooperate, as they earn better (despite their awful quality of work) with an external person/company. So, your main channel - the hosting supplier, will probably not like you

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Finding the next lucrative niche (was: Re: Goodbye, Lingnu)

2011-11-14 Thread Etzion Bar-Noy
...@math.technion.ac.ilwrote: On Mon, Nov 14, 2011, geoffrey mendelson wrote about Re: [OFFTOPIC] Finding the next lucrative niche (was: Re: Goodbye, Lingnu): Long ago I got out of the PC repair/support business when the 50 NIS an hour people took over. Am I the only one bothered by all this per

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Finding the next lucrative niche (was: Re: Goodbye, Lingnu)

2011-11-14 Thread Amos Shapira
On 15 November 2011 04:12, geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.comwrote: On Nov 14, 2011, at 6:48 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: Simply because price per hour is a quantitative metric. The fact that it is meaningless is meaningless. It's the bogo-mips of consulting. :-) +1 :)