What's an antiquated programmer to do?

[Gemini Cricket]

I say take it. If the job doesn't work out, you can just blame it on Clinton and look for the next job.





In all seriousness, go for it.

[scaeagles]

I'm almost certain I am going to. The only way I don't is if my current client (who my business partner is talking with probably at this moment) meets some conditions that I do not believe they can meet.

Among them -

Commit to the former level of billable hours (prior to their cut 2 months ago);

Commit to that level of billable hours for 5 years;

Have an automatic 5% rate increase annually;

Pay for all expenses incurred for my training in SAP.

Those are the biggies.

And I see no way they can meet those.

If they did, I would have to seriously pause and it would probably become more stressful to me.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I told them I'd let them know by Friday.

About a year ago I made the switch from Home office to office slave. Here are my thoughts on the matter...

Good:
I've lost a few pounds because my fridge is not walking distance from my desk anymore.

I get to meet, and talk with people everyday who did not come from build-a-bear. It's nice to have someone to share work issues with that also has a stake in the outcome.

Networking. I know more people who move on to other places and you never know when that might come in useful.

Bad:

Schedule. The self based flexible schedule is the best. Now I have to struggle every time the kids have an orthodontist appointment, sick visit, etc...

Added costs: Parking, gas, time on the road, business cloths, lunch out (which I do too much), etc..

Don't forget to update your car insurance. You should get a slight break if you drive to work since it means your car is sitting in a lot for 8 hours a day.

[scaeagles]

All excellent thoughts, Moonliner. Even your bads don't apply too much to what I'm looking at.

After a probationary period, occassionally working from home isn't a problem.

I can work 6:00-2:30 or 6:30-3:00, meaning after school stuff isn't a problem.

The office is 5 miles from my house.

I wear business clothes to coach in, so I have enough.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

If they did, I would have to seriously pause and it would probably become more stressful to me.

A choice between two competing jobs sounds like a good problem to have.

[€uroMeinke]

Should your new job require pants, I can recommend this thread

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by DreadPirateRoberts

A choice between two competing jobs sounds like a good problem to have.

Yeah. It depends on personality, though. I over analyze. I'd go nuts trying to figure out which to do. And then I'd be convinced I made the wrong choice in a "grass is greener" kind of way.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Yeah. It depends on personality, though. I over analyze. I'd go nuts trying to figure out which to do. And then I'd be convinced I made the wrong choice in a "grass is greener" kind of way.

Ms. Frizzle always says "Take chances, make mistakes, get messy!"

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Yeah. It depends on personality, though. I over analyze. I'd go nuts trying to figure out which to do. And then I'd be convinced I made the wrong choice in a "grass is greener" kind of way.

In a really scary way I think you and I are cosmically related. Thats totally the way I was taking my last two jobs.

Only someone forgot to teach me politics, or get me into basketball.

[scaeagles]

There's still time, Ponine. BY the way, I've always felt that I was adopted (because of the stupidity of most of my family I could not possible be genetically related to them), so perhaps my birthday is a fabrication and we are twins separated at birth? Anyway....

Just talked with my business partner. He spoke with our main client and told them I'm probably done with them in mid August. He was "shocked". Hang on a second....

He's cut our billable hours by 30% or so. He informed us that they could be cut more in January. We told him cuts and uncertainty could lead me to find other emplyment. He said he understood that.

So how can he be shocked?

So now he's going into some emergency meetings and my business partner is probably going out there on Thursday and Friday to help them finalize a months worth of 16 hour days for me. Good news is that I probably will continue to support them for 8-10 hours/week in the evenings, and that's some nice extra income.