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Gave up a day job Now what? - Income report #1

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Re: Gave up a day job Now what? - Income report #1

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Post by jaekwon »

weego wrote: post #20

I gave up my job as software "architect" (really I was tech lead and in charge of production) for an education company and decided to spend some time "not working". The goal was to see how I could get by in life while just doing a bit of work building sites here and there for contacts but generally falling out of the job market. My goal was just to be able to cool off for a few months having worked too hard imo for 8…

Where are you located?

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Post by kreci »

swombat wrote: post #23

Amazon affiliate program – $12.00 – just a few dollars to buy a two good coffees – but I need coffee everyday :( You seriously need to find a cheaper source of coffee, at least until your income ramps up!

Ok... it was just a little joke :) I have been drinking such expensive coffee once or maybe twice. Usually I get a big jar for around $10. So two jars from amazon earnings is enough for a month of drinking a lot of coffee... =D

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Post by garply »

swombat wrote: post #23

Amazon affiliate program – $12.00 – just a few dollars to buy a two good coffees – but I need coffee everyday :( You seriously need to find a cheaper source of coffee, at least until your income ramps up!

2 cups of his coffee a day is enough to pay my rent! Incidentally, caffeine powder bought in bulk is a much cheaper solution to daily caffeine needs than coffee. Also, it makes it easier to monitor your dosage.

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Post by DenisM »

weego wrote: post #20

I gave up my job as software "architect" (really I was tech lead and in charge of production) for an education company and decided to spend some time "not working". The goal was to see how I could get by in life while just doing a bit of work building sites here and there for contacts but generally falling out of the job market. My goal was just to be able to cool off for a few months having worked too hard imo for 8…

he lessons I took out of it were that I'm the kind of person that needs people to bounce ideas and enthusiasm off,

Try customers. Seriously.

Re: Gave up a day job Now what? - Income report #1

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Post by kreci »

tuacker wrote: post #26
deanj wrote: post #21

Do you have a good link for your work on iStockPhoto? The "View Portfolio" link the iStockPhoto page you link to returns nothing.

I found this via DDG, should be the right one http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=503237

the right is http://www.istockphoto.com/kreci (without the backslash at the end - end then view portfolio). Just fixed it in my post.
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