Stoppit, you guys are making me dream... From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 11:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT - ugh!
I will have to give MBS 100% credit. He bugged, pestered, annoyed and prodded me until I started writing. Once I started writing, people started reading. Once people started reading, I gained a "name" in the Citrix space. Once I got a "name", I was honored with the CTP. Once I got the CTP, I was instantly in a really nice network of extremely smart people. I initially balked at the idea of going solo because "just how much Citrix work can there possibly be out there"? And besides, who in the world would hire me! to do anything? All my work comes thru my web site, Experts Exchange, fellow CTP, LinkedIn, Dice and word-of-mouth. Share your knowledge (even if like me you don't think you have anything to share) with the community and you may be surprised at what opens up for you. If you decide to go the writing route (which I strongly encourage you to do), be prepared to receive a bunch or criticism for what you share. Only those who stick their neck out and share, get recognized. I recommend you read the book, The Nomadic Developer. Wherever you see the word developer in the book, insert your title of choice (Network Admin, Network Engineer, Network Consultant, Systems Analyst, etc). I estimate I turn down 3 FTEs a week, and probably that many work offers every week. I can't possibly get to all the Citrix work that comes my way or all the AD work the Citrix world is throwing my way. I know rates depend on the area of the country you are in and I thought MBS was nuts when he told me to up my rate, but I charge $150/hr plus expenses and have had no one (but contracting agencies) complain. As busy as I am, maybe I need to up my rates again! :) Thanks Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com<http://www.carlwebster.com/> From: Don Kuhlman <drkuhl...@yahoo.com<mailto:drkuhl...@yahoo.com>> Reply-To: NT Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com<mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:01:12 -0800 To: NT Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com<mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>> Subject: Re: OT - ugh! This may be out of scope for the list, but since it's been touched on, do any of our successful entrepreneurs care to share how you got your own thing going? For example, did you start out by advertising, cold calling, website, contacting head hunters for work or (all of the above)? Just curious of some successful steps that you folks took to get going. I'm thinking that after you got the ball rolling, you signed on clients for ongoing support, and then things spread through word of mouth, or how did you keep an income stream coming in at the beginning? Don K ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
