Curious how many here are self-employed
 

OK.....I'm looking at all the people currently active on this board during "work" hours and can't help but wonder if a lot are self-employed (that or have great bosses!). I myself am and we are very slow today. (Hence, me pissing away my time and yours by getting you to read this.) I am guessing if we are willing to take on the responsibility (risk) of owning a car that is $$$$ to repair, and sometimes a bit more temperamental than your average Honda, that we would be the Freudian poster children of an average person that risk going into business for themselves. Just curious. (I think I am going to go scrub the office toilet or something.)

Yeah, I sign my own paycheck too. Pretty quiet in my world also today. Done nothing but surf the internet all morning.

It's good to be the boss!

Don't work too hard! Marty

Me too! And with DSL I can just leave the Board on all day!

I'm self-employed too as a biomedical engineer/product design consultant.....so far so good, no complaints.

Amost self employed. I'm working on the big buyout :-) Hello 993!

Self-employed here too: www.allbrandservice.net
Also, A2000 Air Corp.

I don't need to tell you that business is soft due to the weather this year. It has been nice concentrating on the P-car though. Anyone want to buy an ultra-high-end central air purifier/filtration unit( like the one's being used to clean out the Anthrax)? I can sell them below cost right now-you have to install them yourselves or find an HVAC company to do it for you.


P.S. SORRY ABOUT THE "PLUG"- THIS POST GOT ME THINKING ABOUT HOW LITTLE WORK I'VE BEEN DOING!!!

not self employed
 

Nope... not self employed...but I have a good boss...UNCLE SAM! I work in an ICU in an ARMY hospital. The uncle has recently bought us 1.5ghz P3's with a nice T1 line for our enjoyment..uh..I mean, uh....work! We have 2 patients and 2 nurses (today) and they are quite stable ...and while they rest...I get to surf. I spend lots of time on this BBS and I can communicate with all my online friends with Yahoo and MSN messengers. That is one of the "perks" of working here. In our 4 bed unit...there are no less than 4 computers! One of which has our radiology monitors...$15,000 apiece X 2 that we can surf the net (unofficially) on. So if I'm at work...I'm usually on here! Brian

Yep, self employed. Military support & export. Skip from project to project with alot of off time in between (like now).

I'm thinking of making a change though as I'm getting bored after 16 years in this biz. If only I'd learned something useful....

Sort of self employed...I'm a contract structural designer for a very large commercial aircraft company that provides me with a nice fast connect...at least while the system is up and running...

I'm both self-employed and employed as systems architect...working from home quite a lot. (Un?)fortunately I don't have working hours, just deadlines...

Pelican is good place to rest my mind on...

Municipal gov't employee.

This place slows to a snail's pace during the winter months.

'Self-employed' is one of those terms that seems to contradict itself. Somebody has to pay you, right?

I guess the distinction is being an hourly employee or contracting yourself out by the individual job.

I do the latter, which means I can check the board any time. The downside is that I'm only putting off work I need to get done until later.

self employed
 

Self employed. This is my retail store - www.newtownbike.com
If I get a tough customer or are stressed I can get on the Porsche board and get away so to speak.

Self-employed, but my wife has A Real Job, which makes it easy. (She's the editor of a women's magazine.) I'm a writer--travel, aviation, automotive. Got an M5 in the driveway right now, just finished with a Cadillac CTS, coming in the next month or two are a Jaguar X-Type, Infiniti I-35, Lexus IS300 SportWagon, Ford Focus ZTW wagon, Mercedes C320 wagon...and I gotta go drive an acquaintance's F550 Ferrari in a couple of weeks (the black one that is on the cover of the current R&T).

Stephan

My boss is the greatest. Yeah, I'm self-employed. How else could I find time and money to restore my mistress. A lot of hard work getting to this point though. My site is:www.profitprinter.com if anybody cares.

Alan Poh
'77 Carrera 3.0

Yup, my wife and I are freelance professional photographers.

Randy Wells
http://www.randywells.com

Self-employed and loving it for the past 16 years or so. Forensic structural engineer - a fancy way of saying we figure out why buildings fall down! -- Curt

A little of both here. I work out of my home in pharmaceutical sales and also have a side business which supports all of my addictions. Wife also has a good job, but her goal is to build up the side business to the point where she can quit her job and manage it. Right now, that's about 2 years out.

www.blenderdrinks.com

Michael
87 Targa

Michael, looks like I used to have to the same machine. What a pain in the butt to clean, and then the drinks were either too frozen or too liquid. Gave up and went Island Oasis.
You've got a great idea:)

You Betcha I'm self employed--- I am a Real Estate appraiser, I am actually in Seattle attending a 1031 Exchange class this week and dealing with a sloooww connection to the internet.
I went down to the regional VA office today only to learn that they are closing and consolidating the west coast offices to Denver. This internet thing is taking its toll on our industry. More Computers less people.

Dean Culp

Yup... I co-own a homebuilding company and several development companies. Can't imagine being employed by anyone else (besides our customers!), but the downside is that the hours are sometimes endless.

I'm unemployed... Life sucks... The car is listed in the classifieds...

Self-employed architect here with two partners in the office. Agree with MikeB, there's no normal hours for self-employed folks.
But, it's my career and love every moment of it.

Andy

Hmmm....reminds me of my lost teen years ;)

self-employed here, too... i'm in the music industry and am basically an independent contractor most of the time, as well as the head of my own label.

Yep, self employed. I stack cans and sweep floors. And occasionally squeeze the Charmin.
www.kutters.com

Long hours. Still fun. Only have to answer to the customer and the banker. LOL.

Legally not self-employed (in the IRS sense), but I am the president & co-owner of a small family-owned business (software company), which is pretty darn close for all practical purposes. We live and die by cash flow, but it is overall a rewarding occupation and the flexibility is wonderful. There are no "outsiders" in top mgmt or on the Board telling us what to do; on the other hand, there's no outside money either.

As I think Mel Brooks said, "it's good to be the king". Usually.

I'm self-employed, and, really, it's the only way to go!

I can get up when I want, drop everything, jump in the 911 and go to the gym at 3PM, if I want, then come back and work until midnight -- if I have to.

It can be lonely, and sometimes you need nerves of steel, but the pros easily outnumber the cons.

So, what is it that I do? In 1999 I co-founded a film and new media production company with my brother.

http://www.holscope.com


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Self Unemployed
 

I'm self unemployed at the moment. That's the problem with being the boss. I guess I'm gonna have to threaten to fire myself if I don't get off the Pelican BBS and get back to work.

Bobby
Music Editor(The guy who brings the music to the dub stage for films.)

I'm going to be unemployed too. It will probably take months to find another job :rolleyes: Guess I just have to hold back with the "porschespending" until things get going again. :(

Dan:

I know all to well. I have three machines and as soon as they come off lease I am going to check other manufacturers. I found they only work well if you make sure the renters limit the size of the cups they are using. Cut's down on amount dispensed too quickly.

Michael

Self-employed as well. But my contract is ending this coming Friday, so pretty soon I will be unemployed :( Anybody looking for a JDEdwards or BPCS ERP implementation specialist? I'm available!

Boris
1987 Carrera

Self employed too. If you are in the market for a digital video camera come check out my site. I can use the hits to attract some advertisers and maybe I can keep working from home. But I get to write off a trip to the CES show in Vegas in January. CES (Consumer Electronics Show) = High Tech Heaven for a Digital Junky like me. :)

http://www.consumerDVreviews.com

Scott

me too...
 

I'm, also one of those who has never had a "job". Fortunately, business is pretty good. I own a ticket agency in Pasadena. We, coinsidently, have a National Championship game here in a few weeks. I do wish ALL of those whom are seeking employment the very best. For those who are doing OK, things WILL get better.

Godspeed to ALL....

self employeed auto tech. Although I work 8-5pm 6 days a week. No internet till im home.

YOU BETTER BELEAVE IT, 40 years, at ???? check the name. Also check the times I'm on P.P, bussyer than a one armed paper hanger! I,m 63,in two years I,ll retire, That means down to 30 hs. from 70 . thats what my porsch is for...! 73 914

Unfortunatly, work for the "man". But the man is a major stock brokerage firm, so........
Plenty of time to watch the "small" board.

P.S. - 17 years in the biz - open for new ideas.

Living Low
 

Well I'll join in I'm a partner in a small VAR firm in Orange county which means ( We be computer hoe's ). Just spent the last two months moving companies into new locations. Cabling, infastructure all that kind of stuff as well as making shure the servers desktops and routers all fire up the way they are suppost to.. I'm thinking of just buying a bar in Costa Rica on the beach.

Matt

self employed ... and...
 

Self employed Advertising Agency/Sale Promotions...
Daughter announces that she wants to be a professional singer...moves home after getting Masters in Music. Now I am her manager trying to get her a record deal. Can she make it? Listen at www.garageband.com and click on Stephanie Dosen...let me know.
Wife works for Warner Cable and now we get all the cable, digital, Road Runner, for free, so I had to go out and get a 47" HDTV yesterday so I could watch it while I wait for the phone to ring!!
Jim D.

Add one more... Headhunter in the bay area. Know of any good Civil, Structural or Transportation Engineers.

pappy

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