Will Bridges

I’ve been expanding business slowly to try to get clients in foreign English speaking countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. I finally found Skype for Linux so this helps communication difficulties ease up a bit. I primarily use Ubuntu Linux for my desktop environment and I love it. Sometimes it’s annoying when someone has some windows program that I can’t use but that rarely happens. The only time I boot in to Windows is when I want to play a game that won’t run on Linux.

Back to expansion. There are several reasons I like foreign compensation. I still ‘voluntarily comply’ with the IRS codes saying some persons have to report ‘income’. But, once again, it expands my client base. If the US dollar is obliterated by a crash (even though world economy would be effected) I would still be able to work and not solely have to depend on the dollar.

Expansion is hard to deal with because I only have a limited number of hours to barter with. I do have help from a colleague that gives me about 10-20 hours a week. But, I’m going to need a lot more than that soon and I wonder if I will be able to find someone to fill those hours at the rate I’m quoting clients. Most likely I will find someone some where. But, finding someone I trust and don’t have to micromanage is the hard part. I did have someone who was willing to give me a lot more in the way of hours (up to 40) but that fell through because I couldn’t provide the work fast enough. He thought I was full of shit. Soon after he decided I was full of shit an influx of work came in. So, I did find someone to help with that burst. But, I’m about to go through another burst and I need to find someone to help me deal with it. However, long term, I am really looking for partner. My search so far has been difficult because I’m really picky but I’ll find one in the next couple months I’m sure.

It’s interesting to see that ruby on rails is a world wide phenomenon as fast as it has become one. But, it goes to show the true power of ruby on rails when a world wide community starts to endorse it. Ruby on Rails is growing up… awwww…