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<blockquote data-quote="TacomaJD" data-source="post: 710526" data-attributes="member: 1780"><p>From a person that really knows little to none about smart stuff, I say it's awfully easy to let the emotions of being tired of your current job drive up the level of glamour of an alternate career path, whereas the unforseens in the alternate career path may far outweigh your expectations. </p><p></p><p>I find myself staring at job postings on the internet from time to time knowing I could go somewhere else for $10k-$20k more/year than what I make now, but instead of being 15 min from the house, it may be an hour and 15 min....or it wouldn't be working in 68-70 degrees year round, or it would be much harder work to where I don't know if I could even do perform the job reliably with my leg, or whatever else may come up. But when you are looking for an out, it's super easy to capitalize on the thoughts of the glamourous parts of the idea and push aside the negatives that WILL come with the territory, as others have mentioned here. You may be working 50 hrs a week now, but owning your own business will likely have you working more than that. </p><p></p><p>I'm not saying don't do it, but if it was easy, everyone would do it. You just need a well thought out plan and know your forecasted expenses going in before you make a decision, rather than being driven over worry of how long a building will be on the market before someone else rents it. </p><p></p><p>And to start up something like you are wanting to do will still require a good chunk of capital. Think of all the high tech tools and such you need in that field, insurance as others have mentioned, signage, advertising, whatever you may have to pay to get all utilities installed including internet and tv for customers, office desk, computer(s) for book keeping and such, waiting room chairs/tables, etc. Just like building a buggy, you think "ok, chassis, axles, tcase, tranny, engine, seats, shocks, links, hell thats about it....." But then you start building and get nickeled and dimed to death over the little **** you didn't think about that is an absolute necessity. </p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TacomaJD, post: 710526, member: 1780"] From a person that really knows little to none about smart stuff, I say it's awfully easy to let the emotions of being tired of your current job drive up the level of glamour of an alternate career path, whereas the unforseens in the alternate career path may far outweigh your expectations. I find myself staring at job postings on the internet from time to time knowing I could go somewhere else for $10k-$20k more/year than what I make now, but instead of being 15 min from the house, it may be an hour and 15 min....or it wouldn't be working in 68-70 degrees year round, or it would be much harder work to where I don't know if I could even do perform the job reliably with my leg, or whatever else may come up. But when you are looking for an out, it's super easy to capitalize on the thoughts of the glamourous parts of the idea and push aside the negatives that WILL come with the territory, as others have mentioned here. You may be working 50 hrs a week now, but owning your own business will likely have you working more than that. I'm not saying don't do it, but if it was easy, everyone would do it. You just need a well thought out plan and know your forecasted expenses going in before you make a decision, rather than being driven over worry of how long a building will be on the market before someone else rents it. And to start up something like you are wanting to do will still require a good chunk of capital. Think of all the high tech tools and such you need in that field, insurance as others have mentioned, signage, advertising, whatever you may have to pay to get all utilities installed including internet and tv for customers, office desk, computer(s) for book keeping and such, waiting room chairs/tables, etc. Just like building a buggy, you think "ok, chassis, axles, tcase, tranny, engine, seats, shocks, links, hell thats about it....." But then you start building and get nickeled and dimed to death over the little **** you didn't think about that is an absolute necessity. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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