Gotta help my brethren out... :) * *
*ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Webster <webs...@carlwebster.com> wrote: > Hey now, mind your own business there! > > > Carl Webster > > Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional > > http://www.CarlWebster.com <http://www.carlwebster.com/> > > From: Andrew Baker <asbz...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: NT Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:17:21 -0500 > > To: NT Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > Subject: Re: OT - ugh! > > *>>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 > > ~ 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 > ~ 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
