Nothing against doing long-term and remote projects, but even the best of us max out on cycles. Then we short change the "bread and butter" smaller jobs that kept us going.<br><br>Forming the co-op and creating that Rolodex(R) style contact list allows you to do both.<br><br>md<br><br><br>Sent from Xfinity Connect Application<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br><br>From: ale@ale.org<br>To: jonhall80@comcast.net, ale@ale.org<br>Sent: 2019-05-02 11:05:07 AM <br>Subject: Re: [ale] consulting climate?<br><br><html dir="ltr"><head></head><body style="text-align:left; direction:ltr;"><div>ale.org/consultants ?</div><div><br></div><div>I enjoyed the time I spent freelancing. Stable income is also good. If I had a decent run at a large enough project set to see several months (or more) of consultant-class fees, I would go back.</div><div><br></div><div>Remote access is the only way to go for long term projects. </div><div><br></div><div>On Thu, 2019-05-02 at 11:00 -0400, maddog via Ale wrote:</div><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>To: </pre><a href="mailto:ale@ale.org"><pre>ale@ale.org</pre></a><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><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
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