Any of you do contract IT work, rather than full-time career path??

[azasadny]

I'm putting out the word among my "network" that I'm looking for other opportunities to grow my "side business". I was using the extra income from my side jobs to finance my "Porsche habit", but the "side job" may become my "main job" in the near future so I'm preparing and planning for the worst. It sure beats sitting around and worrying...

[stomachmonkey]

Originally posted by JanusCole
Maybe I need another cup of coffee - but I can't figure out what they are offering? Is it a service? Are they looking for people to sell their software?

jyl: Has your friend called any of the new techie services like http://geeksoncall.com/? I have no experience with them. But they all seem to wear tape on their glasses so I assume they are smart.

Geeksoncall, Onforce, Nerdsonsite as well as a few other large outfits are all part of the CA Onsite thing.

Here's the 5 second explanation.

You go to peoples homes/businesses to fix their PC issues.

High probability that the issue is related to spyware or virus so they could use some sort of security solution.

What better time to sell it to them.

CA gives the business owner a discount on the software, it's all downloadable so there is no inventory to purchase. CA pays the tech that sold and installed it a $5-10 commision.

So business owner makes the margin on the software and his techs are motivated to sell it because they get a commision and customer gets something they should have anyway.

Scott