I am a professional sysadmin and my opinion is that anyone who spends that much time tinkering with their home LAN can easily make a case for having a professional set it up properly.
A well designed system these days should require much less maintenance than described. Being that I sell tech support in bulk, I know what it costs to run a production machine after the hardware and software investment. Our poster's description is way out of whack with my experience in managed environments.
Being a contractor/self-employed *is* great. Why? Cause you have the freedom to manage your own time and balance your life.
Do you need to work full-time from home? What if you spent 3 days a week working on the sit-down contract work, and the rest of the time you focused on other ventures.
For example, building up a low maintenance business from which you can derive ongoing returns. This is a great way to build financial equity, and probably one of the easiest ways to become wealthy. Hint: once it's up and running, you want to work on the business, not in the business.
Or, maybe doing something that doesn't pay as well - or at all - but has a positive impact on your community. You could volunteer more of your time than you could when you had a day job. This could also be a chance for you to build a whole other kind of equity in your life, and you can definitely get the human contact you crave.
Don't forget education. You could use the time to get a degree, take some training. Leverage the savings you get from working on contract to build you human equity!
IMO the main advantage to being independant is that you can improve youself. I encourage you to explore your options.
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I am a professional sysadmin and my opinion is that anyone who spends that much time tinkering with their home LAN can easily make a case for having a professional set it up properly. A well designed system these days should require much less maintenance than described. Being that I sell tech support in bulk, I know what it costs to run a production machine after the hardware and software investment. Our poster's description is way out of whack with my experience in managed environments.
Do you need to work full-time from home? What if you spent 3 days a week working on the sit-down contract work, and the rest of the time you focused on other ventures.
For example, building up a low maintenance business from which you can derive ongoing returns. This is a great way to build financial equity, and probably one of the easiest ways to become wealthy. Hint: once it's up and running, you want to work on the business, not in the business.
Or, maybe doing something that doesn't pay as well - or at all - but has a positive impact on your community. You could volunteer more of your time than you could when you had a day job. This could also be a chance for you to build a whole other kind of equity in your life, and you can definitely get the human contact you crave.
Don't forget education. You could use the time to get a degree, take some training. Leverage the savings you get from working on contract to build you human equity!
IMO the main advantage to being independant is that you can improve youself. I encourage you to explore your options.