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    Self Employment

    So as some of you know a few months ago I quit my previous role in the financial sector to do something with a bit more independence.

    I joined a startup company a friend of mine had been wanting to get going for a couple of years, the problem is my knowledge is highly focused in a certain type of development for high performance computing in trade finding systems. Very esoteric.

    I've been having to learn a lot more maths very quickly to understand the work i'm doing now, and mastering the skill of writing thousands of words on very boring topics.

    So on the plus side, we are profitable, we were very quickly, the downside is we are working our arse off, i'm lucky in a way because i'm only having to work 2 days this bank holiday, one of the other founders is having to do all 3 days (sometimes been technical is less useful!).

    The main problem is i'm damn nakard, i said to a friend i'd visit them whilst they where in california, but with lots of work going on i could only take one work day off, and even then I had plenty of work to do on the plain/airport (love my vaio P series, really love it). As a result i spent 3 days in the states, red eye flight back, which some french bitch decided it was OK to walk her screaming spawn of unwelcome noise up and down the length of the jumbo.....

    Now I arrived back in work on tuesday at 10am fresh from the flight, was in the office till 7 then 6 then 9 this week, so my body is absolutely buggered, i've got about 3 more hours to do today......

    What's really good fun, is I'm currently earning about 40k less than I did previously, as I hold on to the belief that it will all be worth it soon!
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    Re: Self Employment

    Quote Originally Posted by TheAnimus View Post
    So as some of you know a few months ago I quit my previous role in the financial sector to do something with a bit more independence.

    I joined a startup company a friend of mine had been wanting to get going for a couple of years, the problem is my knowledge is highly focused in a certain type of development for high performance computing in trade finding systems. Very esoteric.

    I've been having to learn a lot more maths very quickly to understand the work i'm doing now, and mastering the skill of writing thousands of words on very boring topics.

    So on the plus side, we are profitable, we were very quickly, the downside is we are working our arse off, i'm lucky in a way because i'm only having to work 2 days this bank holiday, one of the other founders is having to do all 3 days (sometimes been technical is less useful!).

    The main problem is i'm damn nakard, i said to a friend i'd visit them whilst they where in california, but with lots of work going on i could only take one work day off, and even then I had plenty of work to do on the plain/airport (love my vaio P series, really love it). As a result i spent 3 days in the states, red eye flight back, which some french bitch decided it was OK to walk her screaming spawn of unwelcome noise up and down the length of the jumbo.....

    Now I arrived back in work on tuesday at 10am fresh from the flight, was in the office till 7 then 6 then 9 this week, so my body is absolutely buggered, i've got about 3 more hours to do today......

    What's really good fun, is I'm currently earning about 40k less than I did previously, as I hold on to the belief that it will all be worth it soon!
    I guess (and hope!) from the way you are speaking you can afford the dramatic financial hit - in which case although atm you are working longer hours - and harder than previously I would take massive solace from the fact that you are working for yourself and building the company for you and the co-founders futures. I sincerely wish you the very best and only wish that I could find the 'balls and drive' to do somthing along those lines and quit lining the board of directors pockets





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    Re: Self Employment

    If I earned 40K less that I do now I would be earning -15K a year!

    You are working very hard! It will pay off mate, you sound dedicated and you will make it work for you.
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