I've been working on my business for 5 years part-time (on the side while holding down a full-time job) and full-time for the past half year. My first full-tim

I've been working on my business for 5 years part-time (on the side while holding down a full-time job) and full-time for the past half year. My first full-time employee started working with me on-site at my client this week after two months of study (at my expense) - I'm training him almost from scratch as a sysadmin. (He's had one year of QA experience with exposure to bash/perl scripting.) It's very gratifying to watch my creation (my company) come into existence, and I love training and mentoring, so yeah, I love my job. It's not roses and rainbows every day but I'm moving in the right direction, I feel, and I'm happy about that. Makes it easier to bear the drudgy aspects of the job. =) Good luck! EDIT: While I was working full-time at my regular job, having a side project kept me inspired and energized.