Following from my last post, I’m now the sole director of my own personal company. I have a business bank account, an accountant, and the tools I need to keep my company books in order. I’ve even registered the .co.uk and .com domains for my company name, so nobody else can!
I estimate that I’ve spent about 8 hours on getting everything set up, at the outside. And I didn’t have to leave the house once. The accountancy firm is set up to let me do as much as possible online… I had to post proof of identify was about the only exception. And Abbey were equally easy. I’d had visions of going into a branch somewhere for multiple meetings but the truth is it couldn’t have been much easier.
Now… back to work…
January 14, 2008 at 8:21 pm |
Hey man. I’ve been checking your blog looking for updates to see how you are doing. I’m currently getting set up as well in Canada. I am a comp science student part time after i go to work as a Carpenter. How has the work load been? I’m going to be targeting local businesses for websites to start out with and small web applications. Anyways, shoot me a line at my email.
Mike
January 26, 2008 at 5:44 pm |
Hello, I’m fabrizyo from TC.
I’m seeing the jobs in London, and I see that the salaries are very high. Why do you not work in London?
Where are you from exactly? I have been in Milton Keynes in september.
bye
January 27, 2008 at 9:02 am |
Hi there. Yes salaries can be very high in that area. But there’s a few reasons I’m not tempted:
* Living in London is very expensive, especially trying to find somewhere to live. So it means the salary isn’t quite as good as it sounds
* Many people who work in London commute over 2 hours to work and 2 hours back home, meaning up to 4 hours travelling each day – I think a minimum of 2 hours per day is quite likely.
* The kind of jobs in London often are pretty high-pressure. Lots of unpaid overtime hours. When you add that on to commuting time you have a very long day.
* I just don’t want to live in a huge city!
When I can work from home with zero travelling time or travelling costs, doing TC contests and other work, this seems way more attractive. It’s not so well-paid as London, but it should still be quite good.
February 22, 2008 at 7:59 pm |
Are you interesting in developing a multiplayer flash game for around US $1500 using Smartfox Server Pro?
You seemed to be skilled enough to do so, please email me at davideo7@hotmail.com if your interested.
March 11, 2008 at 3:03 am |
Good luck with your whole venture. How true is the mantra “back to work.”
August 27, 2009 at 10:52 pm |
Have you ever seen somebody lick the chutney spoon in an Indian Restaurant and put it back? This would never have happened under the Tories.
August 28, 2009 at 10:40 am |
It’s an honour. I’ve never had a chutney spoon comment.