<html dir="ltr"><head></head><body style="text-align:left; direction:ltr;"><div>If there were a open source straight-jacket, it would be my only attire.</div><div><br></div><div>Day job, Dojo business, rebuilding parents house for sale, fixing MY house, brewing, drinking, jewelry making and learning metal working (new lathe and mini-mill), sleeping occasionally in between meals, yeah, loads of time.</div><div><br></div><div>On Thu, 2019-05-02 at 12:10 -0400, Leam Hall via Ale wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><pre>Also, while I talk a sort of good game, my day job is Perl-based and </pre><pre>every other brain cycle is bent towards writing and publishing a Young </pre><pre>Adult Space Opera series.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>I'll cheer your consulting consortium on and comment where it might </pre><pre>help, but I'm fully committed. And should be committed for what I've </pre><pre>committed to...</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Leam</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>On 5/2/19 11:12 AM, maddog via Ale wrote:</pre><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><pre>Nothing against doing long-term and remote projects, but even the best </pre><pre>of us max out on cycles. Then we short change the "bread and butter" </pre><pre>smaller jobs that kept us going.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Forming the co-op and creating that Rolodex(R) style contact list allows </pre><pre>you to do both.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>md</pre><pre><br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Sent from Xfinity Connect Application</pre><pre><br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre>-----Original Message-----</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>From: </pre><a href="mailto:ale@ale.org"><pre>ale@ale.org</pre></a><pre><br></pre><pre>To: </pre><a href="mailto:jonhall80@comcast.net"><pre>jonhall80@comcast.net</pre></a><pre>, </pre><a href="mailto:ale@ale.org"><pre>ale@ale.org</pre></a><pre><br></pre><pre>Sent: 2019-05-02 11:05:07 AM</pre><pre>Subject: Re: [ale] consulting climate?</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>ale.org/consultants ?</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>I enjoyed the time I spent freelancing. Stable income is also good. If I </pre><pre>had a decent run at a large enough project set to see several months (or </pre><pre>more) of consultant-class fees, I would go back.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Remote access is the only way to go for long term projects.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>On Thu, 2019-05-02 at 11:00 -0400, maddog via Ale wrote:</pre><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><pre>Heck,</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>I would just change the address and telephone number on your existing website and give the co-op a go.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>md</pre><pre><br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Sent from Xfinity Connect Application</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>-----Original Message-----</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>From:</pre><a href="mailto:ale@ale.org"><pre>ale@ale.org</pre></a><pre><br></pre><pre> <mailto:</pre><a href="mailto:ale@ale.org"><pre>ale@ale.org</pre></a><pre>></pre><pre><br></pre><pre>To:</pre><a href="mailto:ale@ale.org"><pre>ale@ale.org</pre></a><pre><br></pre><pre> <mailto:</pre><a href="mailto:ale@ale.org"><pre>ale@ale.org</pre></a><pre>></pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Sent: 2019-05-02 8:50:18 AM</pre><pre>Subject: [ale] consulting climate?</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Guys,</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>I might find myself out of work soon, so I'm thinking of what to do next. I</pre><pre>used to run a consulting business years ago in New Orleans and enjoyed it</pre><pre>quite a bit.What's the perceived climate these days for a Linux freelancer on</pre><pre>the northeast side of town (though I wouldn't completely rule out a good did</pre><pre>in Cobb)?</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>_______________________________________________</pre><pre>Ale mailing list</pre><a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org"><pre>Ale@ale.org</pre></a><pre><br></pre><pre> <mailto:</pre><a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org"><pre>Ale@ale.org</pre></a><pre>></pre><pre><br></pre><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale"><pre>https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</pre></a><pre><br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at</pre><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo"><pre>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</pre></a><pre><br></pre><pre><br></pre></blockquote><pre>-- </pre><pre><br></pre><pre>James P. Kinney III</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you</pre><pre>gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his</pre><pre>own tail. It won't fatten the dog.</pre><pre>- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain</pre><pre><br></pre><a href="http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/"><pre>http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/</pre></a><pre><br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre>_______________________________________________</pre><pre>Ale mailing list</pre><a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org"><pre>Ale@ale.org</pre></a><pre><br></pre><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale"><pre>https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</pre></a><pre><br></pre><pre>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at</pre><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo"><pre>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</pre></a><pre><br></pre><pre><br></pre></blockquote><pre>_______________________________________________</pre><pre>Ale mailing list</pre><a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org"><pre>Ale@ale.org</pre></a><pre><br></pre><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale"><pre>https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</pre></a><pre><br></pre><pre>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at</pre><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo"><pre>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</pre></a><pre><br></pre></blockquote><div><span><pre><pre>-- <br></pre>James P. Kinney III
Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his
own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain
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