*>> If it gets any better, MBS is going to want a referral fee or commission! *
Not a bad idea. :) * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Webster <webs...@carlwebster.com> wrote: > I can only speak for me, and it has been feast since I went out on my > own Feb 1st last year. So far this year, the feast is even better as there > is very little agency work so I get 100% of the billables. :) Yes, I am > complaining all the way to the bank. If it gets any better, MBS is going > to want a referral fee or commission! > > > Carl Webster > > Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional > > http://www.CarlWebster.com <http://www.carlwebster.com/> > > From: David Lum <david....@nwea.org> > Reply-To: NT Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 22:31:45 +0000 > To: NT Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > Subject: RE: OT - ugh! > > That’s part of my fear of dropping %dayjob% and going 100% on my own > biz – feast or famine! With just three clients I have I’m always amazed at > how often their feast/famine cycles coincide, and they even have different > fiscal year cycles. I mean, in the span of two months I am doing an SBS > 2003 – SBS2011 swing for two of them. One of these clients I can go months > with nothing other than patching.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com <webs...@carlwebster.com>] > > *Sent:* Monday, February 06, 2012 9:31 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: OT - ugh!**** > > ** ** > > I find myself busier than a one-arm paper hanger in a wind storm. Don't > know why it took me so long to convince MBS that I should go solo! LOL**** > > ** ** > > Now that my fellow CTPs know I can spell AD, I am finding myself doing a > lot of AD assessments, assisting with AD migrations and putting in 2008 R2 > AD infrastructures. I would say I am now 50% AD and 50% Citrix. I no > longer do Exchange and refer all that to MBS.**** > > ** ** > > I can't believe how much Citrix work I turn down because I just don't have > the time. Right now I am tentatively booked thru the end of July and > already starting to worry because no one is calling about August or > September yet! :)**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Carl Webster**** > > Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional**** > > http://www.CarlWebster.com <http://www.carlwebster.com/>**** > > ** ** > > *From: *James Rankin <kz2...@googlemail.com> > *Reply-To: *NT Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > *Date: *Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:53:32 +0000 > *To: *NT Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > *Subject: *Re: OT - ugh!**** > > ** ** > > I ran as a contractor through a managed services company for about six > years before taking the plunge myself. Whereas now I find myself counting > the amount of extra tax I spent the last six years paying in disgust. > > It may have been the aforementioned man-in-Alaska mentioning how he could > work for 48 hours a day once he'd struck out on his own that possibly > contributed to convincing me to do the same.**** > > On 6 February 2012 15:47, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com> wrote:* > *** > > I put off starting my own business for YEARS because I was afraid of what > I already knew. :-) Whereas, in retrospect, I wish I'd done it much earlier. > > I can think of someone else on this mailing list (who is in Alaska this > week) who waited even longer than I did. :-) > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com**** > > > > ~ 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
