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[RedFXR2]

... self employment brings with it many different levels of risk, heartaches, headaches, competition and forever dealing with constant changing business conditions.

[EZRIDN]

You can say all of that about working for somebody else as well--it's all the same internal to a company.

[RedFXR2]

What I was pointing out is that being self-employed isn't for everyone and not the glamorous/luxory position some might perceive...it can be hard.

Hey, I'm with you.  I've never seen self employment as glamorous or luxurious.

I had a part-time business myself for a while, until my supply chain dried up.  I tell you, the first time I presented an invoice and got a check was a feeling like I've never gotten from an employers' paycheck.  That feeling (to me at the time, anyway) offset the late hours and hassle.

[The Mysterious Q!]

I love being self employed.Granted its not as glamorous as some would think,like you all said but the pay off for me is phenominal.Sometimes the hours are long but its worth it in the end.Just my .02

[HUBBARD]

Once you have taken a drink from the well of independence, you will never be truly happy, working for someone else again.  Sometimes circumstances are such that one must go back, as certain unanticipated changes do sometimes occur.  It is my experience, no matter what business you are in, each and every one of them require the same GAAP, and the same amount of effort to be successful, no matter they be Big or small.  Want to earn Big Money?  Be where the Big Money moves.  Want to earn small money?  Go where small money moves.  There endeth the lesson.  Later--HUBBARD      

[The Mysterious Q!]

Yeah Er' Uh' Hub, Couldn't agree with you more. I went back for a brief stint working for someone and I hated it. It was like going to the joint.I like my freedoms and the fact of the harder I work the more I'm rewarded for it. Later,Q

[RedFXR2]

Once you have taken a drink from the well of independence, you will never be truly happy, working for someone else again.

[Crawdaddy]

Hey, I'm with you.

[HUBBARD]

I guess if you are a professional, doctor, lawyer, with no employees, it could be glamorous.

[GHaz]

Semiconductors,  Ion Implant Equipment Engineer.  Sounds different but just a new wave mechanic.  Scrub off arsenic build up instead of oil deposits on parts.  But the hours are long and the money is short, that is the important thing.

[Crawdaddy]

I haven't answered to, yet, is the Dept. of Immigration.      

Gotta taste of that too....Social Security sent a report on two of my guys with bad names or bad numbers.  Called them to see what I was supposed to do.  Guess what?  I can't check their numbers unless they are hired employees.  If I hire them, then I am in violation proposed immigration laws.  They better clean that up before they pass any new laws.  You're right, it does feel good to sign the check.  Also, "at will" employment is the best way to handle most of the issues.

You da man Hub.

Crawdaddy

[The Mysterious Q!]

In my state as of late they're cracking down real hard on illegals.Most every working trade here is loaded with em. This is only the begining. I know its not the right way to think but who's gonna do these jobs when they clean house. I don't see a bunch of white middle class just graduated boys standing on line to become framers,landscapers ,painters or ditch diggers.Do you?  

[naitram]

after the rest of the tech jobs get outsourced to Asia the'll be plenty of us waiting in lines for those jobs

[EZRIDN]

after the rest of the tech jobs get outsourced to Asia the'll be plenty of us waiting in lines for those jobs

Naitram's right....however, the line has already started around here and I'm sure in other parts of the country as well.

[grc]

In my state as of late they're cracking down real hard on illegals.Most every working trade here is loaded with em. This is only the begining. I know its not the right way to think but who's gonna do these jobs when they clean house. [highlight]I don't see a bunch of white middle class just graduated boys standing on line to become framers,landscapers ,painters or ditch diggers.Do you? [/highlight]