Monday, January 26, 2004
Fast catch up.
I've been contracting as a technical writer and Instructional developer.
It's been a good run for the past year, but as happens with contracting, things have dried up a little.
All the H.R. people think the market is flooded with people looking for work, so they try to low ball their rates. When you're contracting, you're only as good as your last rate, so contractors want their rate to go up with each new contract. At the very least, you don't want it to go down.
I'm using this time off to concentrate on learning XML and polishing my FrameMaker. I think I can hold out for a couple of months until I get a gig that's going to pay right.
Meantime, I'm reading the Automatic Millionaire, by David Bach. I feel foolish because it doesn't tell me anything I didn't already know. But he makes it sound a lot simpler than I thought it would be. So, I'm committed to putting money into my savings plan every two weeks. I'm working on a down payment for a Condo or a townhouse in three years.
My other project is creating another source of income, either books or Stand up comedy, or both.
I'm going to try to journal to help me keep track of what's going on.
I've been contracting as a technical writer and Instructional developer.
It's been a good run for the past year, but as happens with contracting, things have dried up a little.
All the H.R. people think the market is flooded with people looking for work, so they try to low ball their rates. When you're contracting, you're only as good as your last rate, so contractors want their rate to go up with each new contract. At the very least, you don't want it to go down.
I'm using this time off to concentrate on learning XML and polishing my FrameMaker. I think I can hold out for a couple of months until I get a gig that's going to pay right.
Meantime, I'm reading the Automatic Millionaire, by David Bach. I feel foolish because it doesn't tell me anything I didn't already know. But he makes it sound a lot simpler than I thought it would be. So, I'm committed to putting money into my savings plan every two weeks. I'm working on a down payment for a Condo or a townhouse in three years.
My other project is creating another source of income, either books or Stand up comedy, or both.
I'm going to try to journal to help me keep track of what's going on.
