You have a family, a job, a hobby/job and go to school? Hows that ulcer coming ;)
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You have a family, a job, a hobby/job and go to school? Hows that ulcer coming ;)
Well, the family just consists of my wife and I for now so it's not all that bad. I couldn't imagine trying to do all this while taking care fo kids... Still, the ulcer's coming along nicely! Thanks for asking. :)
Seriously though, it's stressful at times but not all that bad. I'm able to keep up with everything that I HAVE to do to keep it all going. Sometimes I have to compromise on things I WANT to do to such as build up the websites and teach adjunct courses.
Overall it's worthwhile because I know that in a year or so I'll have my Masters degree and a very successful business. That's when all of the hard work will pay off. If all goes according to plan I'll be able to work from home (usually less than 40 hours per week), take time off whenever I want to travel, go to the kids' soccer games, school plays, etc., teach as many or as few adjunct courses as I want, and just generally live life according to my terms instead of someone else's. I think it's worth working my butt off for a couple of years to get there.
Nice one, Westech. Best of luck with it :)
Ah, hehe. I'm also working, and doing a MSc part-time :)
Not quite married yet, but it feels like it :rolleyes: Just kidding ;) Hope she's not reading this ;)
Good luck with your course too, what are you doing? Do you ever wonder if its worth doing the Masters if you are planning on quitting work in the near future? Maybe its an MBA so will always be useful? Mines in Digital Signal Processing, so not much use in web design :rolleyes:
Thanks for the kind words everyone!
I'm working on an MS in Management Information Systems. For me the degree is definitely worth it because it will allow me to teach more college-level IT courses. I've done a few part-time in the past and really enjoyed it. I plan to continue teaching in the future even if (when?) I become extremely wealthy. :D Plus, it's a good way to make extra money on the side to supplement the online income.
I'm in kind of the same situation as you guys. I have two fulltime jobs, a newborn daughter, a girlfriend (basically my wife) and I'm trying to get my sites off the ground. It's not fun trying to juggle everything but hopefully once I get some projects off the ground I'll be able to earn a decent income from them and can leave one of my jobs, which would give me more time to work on other projects.
well im busy too, I usually get time to work online at 10pm, 9-3:30 school, one hour to eat and relax, then its like 5-9(sometimes 10) homework, then after being free I try to work some more, I get all the manditory task's done but when it comes to expanding its almost impossible over the weekdays. But I'm trying to work my *** off right now because I dont have to pay any taxes until im out of university(expect when u get out the canadian taxes are so high that ur screwed :) ), but if I can expand my site alot before graduating from uni then I wont lose much money, im still in highschool so I have a few years before leaving university
Well for me it's - school - 8.30 - 3.00, work (I have a part-time job as a check out chick, how hounarble :P) - 3.30 - 8.30 then homework (which is my website at the moment) from then till when I feel like sleeping.
The assigment with the website is due tomorrow, gotta pray google doesn't put the 'Punk Sex' ad on my site again during my presentation :P.
I know you did ask about this before, but did anyone suggest putting that site in the 'Competitive Ad Filter'? That way it wont show ads for that site.
Was suggested, but it isn't actually a site. I click on the link and it takes me to a page on google saying "There are no ads for this catagory."
You need some 'explanation' in case it does - like this stuff happens and there are these ways to prevent it - and everything you have done - use it to your advantage
I was doing a presentation of a database front end system on a clients system on their dial up connection and these pop up messages kept showing "Hi im Mandy looking for fun in your area..." or something like that.
It brought a chuckle from the audience, but was a bit annoying after the third or so time!
Hope your presentation goes well tomorrow
I always find those ads creepy, where they show girls that are supposedly from your own town. I understand they can tell where I live based on my browsing information, but just the fact that it says Abbotsford on there irks me a bit.
Good idea. Thanks. I am very nervous about it as I hate public speaking. I usually end up laughing hysterically about nothing and not be able to stop.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Cat Buxton
Should be interesting, googles added some more nice ads to my site - Punk Personals, Gay Punk and Punk ***. Lovely. It seems to be a hit and miss thing, 50 percent of the time the ads a clean and the other 50 percent is those mentioned ads. I have bad luck, I know what 50 percent I will get.
I don't know how you feel about this idea, but you could capture an image of some google ads on your site that you think are suitable, and then use that image in place of the AdSense code. That way you obviously wont be risking any bad ads showing up and it'll look exactly like normal adsense ads.
Genius man :)