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- From: paradis@sousa.ltn.dec.com (Jim Paradis)
- Newsgroups: misc.rural,misc.jobs.misc
- Subject: Re: Earning a living in the country
- Message-ID: <1696@sousa.ltn.dec.com>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 20:45:10 GMT
- References: <1639@sousa.ltn.dec.com> <1992Aug30.204331.1886@bigsky.dillon.mt.us> <1992Aug31.230205.10477@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
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- Reply-To: paradis@sousa.enet.dec.com (Jim Paradis)
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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- misc.rural readers: I'm redirecting followups to misc.jobs.misc
-
- misc.jobs.misc readers: the topic in misc.rural was: "How does one
- go about earning a living (especially a computer-related living) out
- in the boonies?" Since this comes very close to the "work at home"
- issue (since *very* few employers are likely to be within commuting
- distance of one's country acreage), I figured it would be of interest
- to m.j.m readers as well...
-
- That said, here's one reply:
-
- In article <1992Aug31.230205.10477@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>, waltervj@coos.dartmouth.edu (Walter V. Jeffries) writes:
- >Maybe you're trying to work for the wrong people. Maybe even you
- >should just work for yourself... [rest of reply deleted]
-
- Well..... that's one of the *problems*. You see, not all of us are
- cut out to build up a business from the ground up. Mind you, I think
- I'd *probably* be good at it, but I'm not sure. (I keep having these
- nightmare visions of hanging out my shingle and having *ZERO* customers.
- "If you build it, they will come" does *NOT* work in business!).
-
- In any case, one thing I've noticed about the whole "work-at-home"
- movement in general is that it's almost entirely geared towards
- entrepreneurs. Nearly all of the magazines and articles and books
- that I've read on the subject start out: "First, start a business".
- I guess I'm wondering why it should be this way... one of the
- *reasons* I'm interested in working at home is to save me the two
- hours a day I spend commuting along with the related hassles. If
- I go into business for myself, then I'd have to spend those two
- hours working the business side of things in *addition* to whatever
- else I'm doing... along with the related hassles. Doesn't seem like
- much of a bargain, does it?
-
- I know, I know... I'm asking the corporate world to assume all the risk,
- while I reap the rewards, right? Except I don't see it that way...
- encouraging working at home *can* bring rewards to a company (less
- frazzled workers, less need for parking and office space, more
- flexibility in corporate location, etc. etc. etc.).
-
- I think part of the problem is that working from home seems to many
- like a decadent luxury, and our work-ethic society just can't seem
- to allow itself that. Then again, once upon a time, it didn't allow
- itself the eight-hour workday either...
-
- --
- Jim Paradis (paradis@tallis.enet.dec.com)
- Working for DEC, speaking for myself.
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