Online data entry?
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Christian Graus wrote:
Have you thought about trying to find dev work you can do from home ? I've worked from home for two years now.
I tried 2 places when Mikey turned one. The first advertised for someone with experience in MS technologies, but actually wanted someone to do MySQL and PHP. To make matters worse the boss wanted to use Joomla, but would then hack it if he couldn't get it to work. Then his hacks wouldn't work and I'd be stuck trying to debug it. It really wasn't worth the pay. The other crowd got me to do a whole load of work, then promptly went bankrupt because they hadn't changed their internet banking passwords after firing an employee (apparently). What a PITA. Also, my skills are probably slipping somewhat. Would it be fair to an employer to submit my cv of three years ago when I've done almost nothing since? Added to that the fact that my babies never seem to like to give up their milk at night (admittedly Mikey weaned more than a year ago, but Emma's a total milk monster at night) and I spend much of my life sleep deprived, I think I'd be rather unreasonable applying for a dev position at a reputable (ie. not going to do the dirty on me like the last crowd) firm. From that point of view data entry from home would be awesome - not letting anyone down if I'm simply too tired to stay up after the kids' bedtimes, etc. But yes, is rather a downturn in "status". If only motherhood wasn't so undervalued :)
If you are up at all hours, who cares what hour of the day you do your work from home ? The first step is obviously putting in the time to update your skills, if you're a bit behind.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
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Christian Graus wrote:
Have you thought about trying to find dev work you can do from home ? I've worked from home for two years now.
I tried 2 places when Mikey turned one. The first advertised for someone with experience in MS technologies, but actually wanted someone to do MySQL and PHP. To make matters worse the boss wanted to use Joomla, but would then hack it if he couldn't get it to work. Then his hacks wouldn't work and I'd be stuck trying to debug it. It really wasn't worth the pay. The other crowd got me to do a whole load of work, then promptly went bankrupt because they hadn't changed their internet banking passwords after firing an employee (apparently). What a PITA. Also, my skills are probably slipping somewhat. Would it be fair to an employer to submit my cv of three years ago when I've done almost nothing since? Added to that the fact that my babies never seem to like to give up their milk at night (admittedly Mikey weaned more than a year ago, but Emma's a total milk monster at night) and I spend much of my life sleep deprived, I think I'd be rather unreasonable applying for a dev position at a reputable (ie. not going to do the dirty on me like the last crowd) firm. From that point of view data entry from home would be awesome - not letting anyone down if I'm simply too tired to stay up after the kids' bedtimes, etc. But yes, is rather a downturn in "status". If only motherhood wasn't so undervalued :)
And to add - motherhood is undervalued by whom ? Not by fathers, and certainly not by your kids. What about trying for a half time dev position until you know you can make it full time ?
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
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Does anyone know anything about this? I'd never really thought about it until today when I saw an ad (American). I assume there would be plenty of scams - is there such a thing as reputable online data entry? I realise this seems quite a drop in ambition from a developer. When Mikey was born almost 3 years ago I had only intended to take 6 months maternity leave - but now I can't imagine thinking of going back even to part time work until Emma (6 months) is at least 3 years old. I realise I'm extremely fortunate to be in the position where this is even possible. A bit of extra cash never did anyone any harm though :) Has anyone tried online data entry? Any well known pitfalls? I do feel rather out of the loop these days :-O
What part of Australia are you in? You could always send your resume through to a few smaller IT firms in your area for casual/contract work. I'm always on the lookout for *reliable* workers - mainly for casual (as needed) work. I don't have anything this second, but you know how it is... if you know you have someone reliable up your sleeve, you don't knock back opportunities that you might otherwise due to being too busy!!
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What part of Australia are you in? You could always send your resume through to a few smaller IT firms in your area for casual/contract work. I'm always on the lookout for *reliable* workers - mainly for casual (as needed) work. I don't have anything this second, but you know how it is... if you know you have someone reliable up your sleeve, you don't knock back opportunities that you might otherwise due to being too busy!!
------------------------------------------- Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I may not lead; Just bugger off and leave me alone!!
We're in Brisbane, you're right, once I feel I would be reliable I should probably pursue the course of action you suggest. With my husband away 60% of the year (interstate and international) and a baby and a toddler in the home I really feel I'd be doing any prospective employer a disservice right now to pretend I could deliver a high quality of work and be reliable for them. On the up side I have a friend round the corner who works with COBOL, so with any luck SQL Server 2003, ASP.NET, etc won't be too outdated by the time I'm ready to return to the work force properly :)
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We're in Brisbane, you're right, once I feel I would be reliable I should probably pursue the course of action you suggest. With my husband away 60% of the year (interstate and international) and a baby and a toddler in the home I really feel I'd be doing any prospective employer a disservice right now to pretend I could deliver a high quality of work and be reliable for them. On the up side I have a friend round the corner who works with COBOL, so with any luck SQL Server 2003, ASP.NET, etc won't be too outdated by the time I'm ready to return to the work force properly :)
Megan Forbes wrote:
We're in Brisbane
So am I, so google-stalk me and send through your resume if you like...
------------------------------------------- Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I may not lead; Just bugger off and leave me alone!!
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We're in Brisbane, you're right, once I feel I would be reliable I should probably pursue the course of action you suggest. With my husband away 60% of the year (interstate and international) and a baby and a toddler in the home I really feel I'd be doing any prospective employer a disservice right now to pretend I could deliver a high quality of work and be reliable for them. On the up side I have a friend round the corner who works with COBOL, so with any luck SQL Server 2003, ASP.NET, etc won't be too outdated by the time I'm ready to return to the work force properly :)
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Does anyone know anything about this? I'd never really thought about it until today when I saw an ad (American). I assume there would be plenty of scams - is there such a thing as reputable online data entry? I realise this seems quite a drop in ambition from a developer. When Mikey was born almost 3 years ago I had only intended to take 6 months maternity leave - but now I can't imagine thinking of going back even to part time work until Emma (6 months) is at least 3 years old. I realise I'm extremely fortunate to be in the position where this is even possible. A bit of extra cash never did anyone any harm though :) Has anyone tried online data entry? Any well known pitfalls? I do feel rather out of the loop these days :-O
Have you considered a part time software testing position? As someone who has experience with software but doesn't see themselves programming, a software testing position may be a great alternative. You know the terminology, the challenges and the pitfalls... why not put that experience to use? Typically 1 full time tester can keep 4-5 developers work tested. If you can get paired with 1 or 2 developers you may be able to work at the times that are convenient for you and still keep it part time. We have 2 developers where I work (myself and 1 other) and we employ a part time computer-science student to test our work. He works remotely but comes in once in a while just to get over-views of what systems are supposed to do. If you connect with a shop that gives you a great requirements list, you may be able to work without even "coming in" to the office.
Joel Palmer Data Integration Application Developer www.Novaspect.com
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Does anyone know anything about this? I'd never really thought about it until today when I saw an ad (American). I assume there would be plenty of scams - is there such a thing as reputable online data entry? I realise this seems quite a drop in ambition from a developer. When Mikey was born almost 3 years ago I had only intended to take 6 months maternity leave - but now I can't imagine thinking of going back even to part time work until Emma (6 months) is at least 3 years old. I realise I'm extremely fortunate to be in the position where this is even possible. A bit of extra cash never did anyone any harm though :) Has anyone tried online data entry? Any well known pitfalls? I do feel rather out of the loop these days :-O
Just as a caution/note. About 20 years ago my mom decided to only go back to work part time after maternity leave for a few years. Real life ended up filling all the time that became free as my sisters, brother, and I grew more able to take care of ourselves, and she's never gone back to full time even though her youngest has started college.
Otherwise [Microsoft is] toast in the long term no matter how much money they've got. They would be already if the Linux community didn't have it's head so firmly up it's own command line buffer that it looks like taking 15 years to find the desktop. -- Matthew Faithfull
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Have you considered a part time software testing position? As someone who has experience with software but doesn't see themselves programming, a software testing position may be a great alternative. You know the terminology, the challenges and the pitfalls... why not put that experience to use? Typically 1 full time tester can keep 4-5 developers work tested. If you can get paired with 1 or 2 developers you may be able to work at the times that are convenient for you and still keep it part time. We have 2 developers where I work (myself and 1 other) and we employ a part time computer-science student to test our work. He works remotely but comes in once in a while just to get over-views of what systems are supposed to do. If you connect with a shop that gives you a great requirements list, you may be able to work without even "coming in" to the office.
Joel Palmer Data Integration Application Developer www.Novaspect.com
I second the idea of testing. I find that a good tester is extremely rare and difficult to find. Additionally, the flexibility that it would provide is ideal. Lastly, I applaude your intentions of being a mother. I want to encourage you to be a stay at home mother and really appreciate the fact that you would desire to do so. If you did decide to do testing let me know. I do have needs in this area from time to time.
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Christian Graus wrote:
Have you thought about trying to find dev work you can do from home ? I've worked from home for two years now.
I tried 2 places when Mikey turned one. The first advertised for someone with experience in MS technologies, but actually wanted someone to do MySQL and PHP. To make matters worse the boss wanted to use Joomla, but would then hack it if he couldn't get it to work. Then his hacks wouldn't work and I'd be stuck trying to debug it. It really wasn't worth the pay. The other crowd got me to do a whole load of work, then promptly went bankrupt because they hadn't changed their internet banking passwords after firing an employee (apparently). What a PITA. Also, my skills are probably slipping somewhat. Would it be fair to an employer to submit my cv of three years ago when I've done almost nothing since? Added to that the fact that my babies never seem to like to give up their milk at night (admittedly Mikey weaned more than a year ago, but Emma's a total milk monster at night) and I spend much of my life sleep deprived, I think I'd be rather unreasonable applying for a dev position at a reputable (ie. not going to do the dirty on me like the last crowd) firm. From that point of view data entry from home would be awesome - not letting anyone down if I'm simply too tired to stay up after the kids' bedtimes, etc. But yes, is rather a downturn in "status". If only motherhood wasn't so undervalued :)
Motherhood is undervalued only by women who wish they could stay home with their kids but have to work. They make themselves feel better for trying to make mothers feel bad about their decision to raise their own kids. If you don't need the money to pay the bills then don't worry about working for someone to make the money. Give that time to your kids and enjoy them while they are still little. Don't feel bad for making the decision to be a mom and love it. Kalvin
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One would expect that there would be a lot of pitfalls. Have you thought about trying to find dev work you can do from home ? I've worked from home for two years now.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
well we've heard your rentacoder horror stories so shes probably a bit gunshy ;) bryce
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We're in Brisbane, you're right, once I feel I would be reliable I should probably pursue the course of action you suggest. With my husband away 60% of the year (interstate and international) and a baby and a toddler in the home I really feel I'd be doing any prospective employer a disservice right now to pretend I could deliver a high quality of work and be reliable for them. On the up side I have a friend round the corner who works with COBOL, so with any luck SQL Server 2003, ASP.NET, etc won't be too outdated by the time I'm ready to return to the work force properly :)
crikey - i'm in brissie too! whereabouts ? Bryce
--- To paraphrase Fred Dagg - the views expressed in this post are bloody good ones. --
Publitor, making Pubmed easy. http://www.sohocode.com/publitorOur kids books :The Snot Goblin, and Book 2 - the Snotgoblin and Fluff
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Motherhood is undervalued only by women who wish they could stay home with their kids but have to work. They make themselves feel better for trying to make mothers feel bad about their decision to raise their own kids. If you don't need the money to pay the bills then don't worry about working for someone to make the money. Give that time to your kids and enjoy them while they are still little. Don't feel bad for making the decision to be a mom and love it. Kalvin
how can i work and earn.