[Rick Lee]

Thanks John. The reason I left my old job was because my income was pretty much capped out and I was the top or #2 producer in any given month. Every year they'd raise my quota 40-60% but not my commission cut or base salary. So, since my commission was based only on revenue I brought in above my quota, I had to do 40-60% more each year just to make the same money I made the previous year. Though I always managed to make more each year than the last, this formula irritated me. In addition, the commute was absolute hell for a slightly agoraphobic person like me, getting squished on the Metro every day. And I just wanted to work for my buddy, do it from home and have serious income potential.

Now it seems the things I didn't like about the old job are all gone. Since they were bought out by their only real competitor, the sales people are handed a huge book of existing business and paid a decent base plus commission on growing that current book's revenue by 7% or more per year. That's not too hard when the company hikes rates 5% each year. My old boss said I could work from home and make a lot more money than I did before. So

I'm at the point now where I simply cannot ride it out much longer. I have about 5 mos. living expenses left before I need a 401k loan. I haven't lived paycheck to paycheck in many years and it's not something I ever want to do again. So this month is soul and job searching month.