Virtualization (of any flavor) and storage are two other areas where expert skills are highly sought after.
- Sean On Feb 6, 2012, at 7:21 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > Didn't mean to imply that you're entirely unique between the two of > you, just that you occupy a niche - it's probably a fairly large > niche, I would guess. > > Probably that niche is going to grow, too, but it won't consist of > folks who don't have some specialised skills, or whose skills are too > specialised. > > Kurt > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 17:33, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com> wrote: >> I know many other independents no different than Webster and I. >> >> Regards, >> >> Michael B. Smith >> Consultant and Exchange MVP >> http://TheEssentialExchange.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 8:20 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: OT - ugh! >> >> You can look at it in one of two ways: >> >> Either you and MBS got very lucky, or you got very smart. >> >> The niches you've chosen are specialised enough that you aren't doing >> daily grunt work (punching down patchpanels, patching workstations, >> applying antivirus, replacing burnt-out video cards, etc.), but not so >> specialised that your only place to land is in a Fortune 100 company >> on its staff doing something that only applies to 3 other companies in >> the world. >> >> The lesson is to place yourself at some sort of sweet spot on the IT >> foodchain - and then exploit the hell out of it. >> >> The difficulty always lies in finding that sweet spot. >> >> And being willing to travel... >> >> Kurt >> >> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 14:49, 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 >>> >>> >>> 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] >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> 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. 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