What do you do exactly?
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Christian Graus wrote:
Why did you stop ?
Well, after 'helping' the other side of my family with a place to live and crap I lost my job because I wasn't able to show up one day because of an incident with my mom. I wasted all of my credit on them and they collect welfare. They used me like a fool. It pisses me off so much. :mad:
Christian Graus wrote:
OK - what skills do you have with which to make money ?
I have extensive skills with computers. I can build them, diagnose and repair hardware and software problems. I can even completely take apart a laptop and put it back together, I replaced a laptop motherboard once. As far as programming goes I am mainly a hobbyist but I know the ins and outs well enough to make something decent.
Christian Graus wrote:
Your problem is that you're trying to think of a scam
No I'm not.
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
Well, after 'helping' the other side of my family with a place to live and crap I lost my job because I wasn't able to show up one day because of an incident with my mom. I wasted all of my credit on them and they collect welfare. They used me like a fool. It pisses me off so much
You can't fix them and they won't help you pull yourself out any rut. Forget about them for the time being. A lot of us have very ugly stories about our families but you have to forget about them for a little while while you take care of yourself.
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
I have extensive skills with computers. I can build them, diagnose and repair hardware and software problems. I can even completely take apart a laptop and put it back together, I replaced a laptop motherboard once.
Focus on your strengths then. Seriously. Advertise your skills and services on free sites like craigslist and be willing to take a little less and do a little extra until you can build up a solid referral network.
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --Ralph Charell
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CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
hat will be enough for me to really buckle down and get it done, a step forward. I would appreciate any usable ideas.
Ideas are nothing without effort. You honestly want to get ahead? You have to be willing to do things you don't enjoy. I paved roads in 120+ degree heat in Phoenix to afford school. If I am not mistaken Christian spent time working as an IT guy. Hell, have you considered plumbing? Seriously, a master plumber makes insane money so does a master Electrician. You have to be willing to get inclemently better week over week. That is the only way, in any society that people who are starting with a finical disadvantage can improve their situation without a miracle. You don't need to have a perfect plan to improve things, you just need to work and prepare yourself to make the best of opportunities when they present themselves. This also means controling who you associate with. Negative people or people who aren't going anywhere are nothing but a drain on energy and time.
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --Ralph Charell
Yeah, the big issue is, he's not willing to do the hard yards needed to get to a point where you can call the shots.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Please read this[^] if you don't like the answer I gave to your question. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums.
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Christian Graus wrote:
I was talking more about why did you stop freelancing computer support ?
I got tired of being paid with a hit of pot instead of cash.
I can only assume that this means you were only working for friends and family.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Please read this[^] if you don't like the answer I gave to your question. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums.
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I drown puppies, stone kittens, smash atoms, break windows, race snails and, write and direct fictional accounts of current and historical events and publish them via people who like to scream a lot on youtube.
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --Ralph Charell
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What do you do in detail to make money? Since some of you like to brag how much do you make doing what you describe in detail?
They say we are in a recession leading to a depression, but I have more work than I can handle, I work for a great organization that allow me to work from home several days a week. All my kids are now in elementary school, so my wife obtained a job preparing food in the lunch room. She leaves home in the morning with the kids and comes back with them in the afternoon. Sweet. I am thankful. Right now there is a shortage of statistical analysts, specifically in the health care field. Unfortunately, they are sucking up web programmers ill equipped for to do this stuff (like me). My recommendation is to learn SAS or R. Get familiar with open source health care reporting tools like IBIS-PH[^], there is a market for people who can stand up one of these systems, configure it, and back load it. You won't be rich, but it's a fair living. But I hope I get to go back to web programming soon.
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Chris Austin wrote:
I drown puppies, stone kittens, smash atoms, break windows, race snails and, write and direct fictional accounts of current and historical events
Oh, you must be here in the SoapBox searching for inspiration... I hope you're putting our names in the credits somewhere. :-D
You never ever could win a war / That's what you have to learn / Here everybody is a loser / You will get nothing in return - "Fortunes of War", Funker Vogt
Daniel Ferguson wrote:
I hope you're putting our names in the credits somewhere.
Screw the credits, I'm suing the sumbitch for a share of the royalties.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Both democrats and republicans are playing for the same team and it's not us. - Chris Austin
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CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
I'll collect the welfare now slave, since you won't give me any ideas on how to make it myself.
I've given you plenty of ideas in the past. You've not done any of them, because they involve actual work.
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
Then once I do figure out how to make some big bucks I will dominate you with my wealth.
Bill Gates is incapable of 'dominating me with his wealth'. I don't have any debt, which is the only way I can see for a wealthy person to set out to manipulate me.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Please read this[^] if you don't like the answer I gave to your question. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums.
Christian Graus wrote:
I've given you plenty of ideas in the past. You've not done any of them, because they involve actual work.
It's not his fault. He's congenitally allergic to work. He'd blame his parents - if he could find them.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Both democrats and republicans are playing for the same team and it's not us. - Chris Austin
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Christian Graus wrote:
I've given you plenty of ideas in the past. You've not done any of them, because they involve actual work.
It's not his fault. He's congenitally allergic to work. He'd blame his parents - if he could find them.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Both democrats and republicans are playing for the same team and it's not us. - Chris Austin
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Oakman wrote:
He'd blame his parents - if he could find them
You don't mean they would be so horrid to have done a "moonlight flit"
Richard A. Abbott wrote:
You don't mean they would be so horrid to have done a "moonlight flit"
Nope, but they threw him out for being both a leech and an ass, just the way every boss he has ever had has done.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Both democrats and republicans are playing for the same team and it's not us. - Chris Austin
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Richard A. Abbott wrote:
You don't mean they would be so horrid to have done a "moonlight flit"
Nope, but they threw him out for being both a leech and an ass, just the way every boss he has ever had has done.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Both democrats and republicans are playing for the same team and it's not us. - Chris Austin
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Chris Austin wrote:
I drown puppies, stone kittens, smash atoms, break windows, race snails and, write and direct fictional accounts of current and historical events
Oh, you must be here in the SoapBox searching for inspiration... I hope you're putting our names in the credits somewhere. :-D
You never ever could win a war / That's what you have to learn / Here everybody is a loser / You will get nothing in return - "Fortunes of War", Funker Vogt
Nah...I really do race snails :)
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --Ralph Charell
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Daniel Ferguson wrote:
I hope you're putting our names in the credits somewhere.
Screw the credits, I'm suing the sumbitch for a share of the royalties.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Both democrats and republicans are playing for the same team and it's not us. - Chris Austin
Am I supposed to be paid for doing this stuff?
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --Ralph Charell
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Am I supposed to be paid for doing this stuff?
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --Ralph Charell
Chris Austin wrote:
Am I supposed to be paid for doing this stuff?
Nope, just sit back and smoke a little shit and wait for a great idea (one that costs nothing in time, money or effort to roll out) to appear magically in your dreams. I have it on good authority that's what all the really smart guys do.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Both democrats and republicans are playing for the same team and it's not us. - Chris Austin
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What do you do in detail to make money? Since some of you like to brag how much do you make doing what you describe in detail?