Mass Thank You
Hi friends,
Thank you very, very much for the congratulations and hoorays! I appreciate all the good wishes you’ve sent my way. It’s been a challenging spring/summer for me.
It’s such a peculiar industry I’m in. That I have to take exams, pay finders fees to my network, and that some companies I encounter are outsourcing to India or only paying $11 per hour for professional-level work is just ludicrous. I constantly have to remind myself, when I get scared, that I don’t want work so badly I’m willing to work for pennies! I have to hold out for GOOD CLIENTS, not just ANY CLIENTS. Because I don’t live to work; I work to live. Quality of life is more important than quantity of work.
August 5, 2008 at 3:58 pm
So true.
When I worked with the architecture firm, they had a little saying. They wanted to work with “ELFs:” easy, lucrative, fun clients. And it was hard for them too, they knew the whole market was going down the pan. But I think on a personal level it held the three main guys accountable to each other.
Good for you! It’s a choice!