Posted by Jim at December 10th, 2004

My life is undergoing some changes. As of Monday, I will have taken the last exam of my last class in my graduate program. I will still have to finish my master’s project, but that’s to be expected.

In January, I will begin telecommuting to work and caring for Abby and Rebecca part time at home (they’ll be in daycare 2 days a week). On the days that they’re not at home, I’ll be working on my project plus the 3 consulting jobs (plus the part time salaried job) I have going.

In a way, it sounds good. It’ll save money for one thing. It’ll also give me time with my kids, something that can be either great or taxing depending on their moods. In others (consulting work is not as consistent as I’d like), it’ll be a bit scary. With luck, I’ll either be able to find a full time job soon after or possibly expand my consulting.

I don’t really imagine myself as a small business owner so I’m kind of hoping for the former. If the latter, I’m going to have to seriously improve my sales and marketing skillset. Personally, I’d rather expand my code writing/system administration skillset.

We’ll see what happens.

Addendum: If you happen to need someone (or know someone who needs someone) with experience in Unix/Windows system administration, programming ability (php, java), database design (Access, Mysql, Oracle), or possibly graphic design, contact me. Okay?