Category: life
08/28/07 05:29 - ID#40787
Decisions, Decisions
Should I give up my business which is finally starting to come together after 2 long years of struggle, and go back to school and try to get a nice permanent job sometime next year at Roswell with (e:Enknot) and (e:Paul)?
Or screw security and keep working at Roswell a couple days a week for the next year or two and try to be awesome the rest of the time / the rest of my life as my own man? After all, big things could be in store!
Lifetime security versus trying for the stars? I have to choose what to do in the next month.
Edited to add: Well thank you everyone! There's really no need to make a decision this month, now that I think about it, I'll just keep trying to do it all :)
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06/15/07 08:11 - ID#39667
Painful Internet
Also speaking of utilities, I've been cursing my morning showers because the water hasn't been very hot, but it turned out (e:james) had just turned the thermostat on the water heater way down. At least that is an easy fix :)
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Category: life
05/15/07 01:59 - ID#39284
God just killed Jerry Falwell.
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Category: life
04/18/07 09:13 - ID#38949
Red Tape
The last requirement for starting this thing is that I publish the creation of my LLC in two different papers in Erie County. I have another month or two still to fulfill this requirement, but I've been afraid to find out just how extortionate it will be. I'm going to call tomorrow and find out. Hopefully it will be more like $50 and less like $500.
My merchant account I'm just getting through PayPal, so that hasn't been too bad. And it's funny, if you're starting a business account at HSBC they have you meet with a Vice President. Apparently every single branch has a Vice President working in it or something, so HSBC must have something like 20,000 VP's.
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Category: life
04/10/06 05:48 - ID#24487
Passover Coke
Passover Coke.
There are some Jews who can not have any corn-related products during Passover, so the good people at Coke make soda with REAL sugar, not corn fructose. I am not a Jew, I am more than happy to pretend today.
You can really taste the difference.
Look for the yellow bottle caps (2 liter size only, with the OU-P).
Even this Coke doesn't hold a candle to Dr. Pepper made from real sugar cane. That is really something to die for.
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Category: life
03/31/06 05:42 - ID#24482
Work is Not Fun
And it wouldn't recognize my RAID card.
TGIF.
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03/29/06 05:44 - ID#24481
Work is Fun
Part of our tape library.
Some of our VCR's and DVD recorders.
Some of our Buffalo tapes.
Work has been fun lately. We're converting over from VHS to a mixture of DVD's and DVR's. We do news monitoring and also advertising and marketing research on what airs on TV.
I'll post some pictures of our server rack tomorrow. I've been redoing the cabling so it looks pretty instead of like the flying spaghetti monster.
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Category: life
01/19/06 07:59 - ID#24476
He is going to kill me.
[size=xl]HAPPY[/size]
[size=xl]ANNIVERSARY[/size]
[size=xl]!!![/size]
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01/17/06 11:19 - ID#24474
Engagement Rings
I almost didn't notice they were wrong ... the rings turned out really well, just ultra plain bands. I thought maybe they were just colored by the lighting in the store. Offhandedly at the end, I asked,"Isn't this a bit yellow for white gold?". So, no rings. It'll be on my finger for the next million years, so what if it's a day or two late? I'm trying to be philosophical about it.
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01/13/06 07:14 - ID#24471
Global Warming is Excellent
60 degrees on January 13th!
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But I would take going back to school any day over not going back to school and repenting later.
I am just freaking out this week about it because I'm making two pretty big pitches to big clients, and it is not possible to turn it on or off like a faucet. Doing really small jobs is not worth it in terms of money and time, and the bigger jobs require a certain amount commitment. If someone is paying thousands and thousands of dollars for something, you can't put them on hold if you have exams.
I've got to find out from Roswell just exactly what the hiring requirements are, so I'll talk with my boss about that tomorrow and what I can realistically expect as a potential career path there.
Moreover, I like the feeling that no matter how inane some of my projects are they all contribute in some way to the eventual treatment and cure of cancer and not to some materially obsessed sales objective for exotic whatsits.
There is also plenty of money to be made at Roswell beyond the regular pay. As part of a fulltime employee contract you split patent proceeds from you inventions 60% Roswell, 40% inventor/inventors. Depending, what you make that could be huge. I am sure doctors probably make more money off patents and publications than they do off salary.
Also, as I said at lunch, other benefits include stability of payrates vs self employment ups and downs, and that the job lets you concentrate on what you are good at doing (programming/design) instead of having to do business - which stresses me the hell out. Not to mention the union, pension and health care benefits.
Either way I would go to school and get a degree, so that if it doesn't work out in the future with self employment you don't have to go back when you are 40 and feel really weird about it.
I also just like having you there. Its great to work with someone who is really into what they are doing.
"Indeed," he said. "We must do it."
"Right," I said. "But first we need the car. And after that, the cocaine. And then the tape recorder, for special music, and some Acapulco shirts."
- Z
ANd I think you should give it all up to become a stripper to the stars! Just imagine shaking your expensive booty on Star Jones' lap!
Of course, you would be sacrificing potential big bucks that may come through your business. I give you tons of credit, Jim. I read an article recently that rated Buffalo as the 8th worst place in America to run a small business. Yeah, shocker, I know, we do live in NYS. You have a brain-child, and you want to nurture it.
As long as you are young, and have few financial obligations, I don't see the harm in going for it. Later on in life you might be in circumstances where you would be far more risk averse, and unable to rationally make the choice to just go for it.
Whatever you choose, best of luck to you.
I chose that path and I am not looking back.
Whatever you choose, may it bring excitement and peace to you. :)