Time for a new job? Involving spiders? - Page 3

**ddouglas77** · #31 (**permalink**) 10-27-2007, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by John Gallagher

dd, me boy...buy some lottery tickets

**aldo** · #32 (**permalink**) 10-27-2007, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by ddouglas77

No, not what you told me in PMs which is fine, please, stay out of my stuff if it offends you.

**ddouglas77** · #33 (**permalink**) 10-27-2007, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by aldo

David, could you clarify what parts of the internet you own?

**aldo** · #34 (**permalink**) 10-27-2007, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ddouglas77

Did you or did not say you were "giving up on me"? Did you or did you not call me an "A-hole"? Aldo, you have multiple personallities, some I can keep up with, but others I can't.

**ddouglas77** · #35 (**permalink**) 10-27-2007, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by aldo

David,

Step away from the beer.

dabigboy · #36 (**permalink**) 10-28-2007, 12:46 AM

$30/hr is definitely waaaay too low...there are people on payroll at boring normal jobs making more than that.

The PC shop I work at (doing mostly mundane stuff like clearing out viruses, replacing power supplies, getting Window$ Vista to rebuild the files it so loves to corrupt....) charges $65/hour for in-shop labor and $75 on-site. For on-site network setup, it's $120/hour..........while SOME of this is arguably more intellectually challenging than working on a Spider, it's generally less work overall IMO. Of course even for tasks that would seem "easy" to someone who knows what they're doing, in either case you're paying for skill and experience.

I would definitely heed the advice of the post'ers here though....owning a business is a Big Deal (tm). By all means you can do it, I'd just do it on the side for a few years if I were you, work up a customer base, gain some experience in customer service, etc.