[TriLUG] Off topic: Side work

[Ryan Leathers]

This is why I tend to ask for a "fine assortment of tasty baked goods"
instead of cash. Sometimes I'll do a side job even though the customer
can't really afford my time. It is decidedly more palatable in these
situations to receive a few delicious brownies passing by my lips than a
few Mr Washingtons passing through my fingers.

 


Jason Watts wrote:
> I'm sure quite  a few of you do side work so I wanted to ask two questions:
>
> 1)  is there any good place to look for people that need work done?  I'm not
> looking for web work which I can find all over Craig's List, I am more so
> looking for networking or pc, possibly server setup stuff/break-fix.  My
> skill level is not as advanced as some of you, but I'm at a point where I
> can start picking up side jobs and figuring things out on my own.  also, I
> cant do this work during the day, so I'm sure that will rule out looking for
> work from some small businesses.
>
> 2)  I was just offered 10 bucks to re-image 4 computers from a daycare (no,
> not even 10 bucks a pop)  how many of you receive insulting offers like
> this... or is it just me?
>
> Thanks for any advice
>
> Jason
>