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> I changed the positions because the workload was so low I knew someone who basically took full advantage of this. He was a contractor too, but just added a c

> I changed the positions because the workload was so low I knew someone who basically took full advantage of this. He was a contractor too, but just added a clause that he'd be allowed to work from home/remotely. So he was doing multiple gigs simultaneously; so instead of making $100/hr (or thereabouts, I'm not sure about the exact numbers), he was making $400/hr. It's probably not legal to do what he was doing, but he sure was livin' large.

pault 9y ago
I'm curious if people that do this ever get a "perfect storm" of all clients having unplanned work at the same time. It sounds great in theory but I feel like it would just tangle you up in a web of lies.
- pdimitar 9y ago
  I ain't a swindler for sure but I had to do this several times during my life, in order to provide for my family, to kill debts, to fix health problems and a load of other things life loves to hit you under the belt with. That perfect storm you described indeed happened several times and I was indeed lying about it but you know what? I was willing to own up to every single promise and engagement I made -- and I did, even though it took a toll on my mental health and work motivation. And no, I wasn't living large at all at the time.
- Mediterraneo10 9y ago
  > I'm curious if people that do this ever get a "perfect storm" of all clients having unplanned work at the same time. That is why it is a good idea to make the acquaintance of some subcontractors that you can further contract the work out to if a "perfect storm" happens.
  - bshimmin 9y ago
    The next step after that is telling the various people you work for that, actually, you've got subcontractors doing the work now and your job is to manage them. At that point, boom, you've just built a development agency.
- madengr 9y ago
  There was play about that; a guy dating 3 stewardesses, then commercial jet flight is introduced, and he has to juggle them all until his scheme crashes down. Pretty damn funny play.
  - krallja 9y ago
    "Boeing, Boeing"
    - madengr 9y ago
      Ha ha, thanks!
gaius 9y ago
It's probably not legal to do what he was doing, but he sure was livin' large. Of course it's legal; a contractor is not an employee, they are a company in their own right. A company can manage its operations however it likes.

pault 9y ago

I'm curious if people that do this ever get a "perfect storm" of all clients having unplanned work at the same time. It sounds great in theory but I feel like it would just tangle you up in a web of lies.

pdimitar 9y ago
I ain't a swindler for sure but I had to do this several times during my life, in order to provide for my family, to kill debts, to fix health problems and a load of other things life loves to hit you under the belt with. That perfect storm you described indeed happened several times and I was indeed lying about it but you know what? I was willing to own up to every single promise and engagement I made -- and I did, even though it took a toll on my mental health and work motivation. And no, I wasn't living large at all at the time.
Mediterraneo10 9y ago
> I'm curious if people that do this ever get a "perfect storm" of all clients having unplanned work at the same time. That is why it is a good idea to make the acquaintance of some subcontractors that you can further contract the work out to if a "perfect storm" happens.
- bshimmin 9y ago
  The next step after that is telling the various people you work for that, actually, you've got subcontractors doing the work now and your job is to manage them. At that point, boom, you've just built a development agency.
madengr 9y ago
There was play about that; a guy dating 3 stewardesses, then commercial jet flight is introduced, and he has to juggle them all until his scheme crashes down. Pretty damn funny play.
- krallja 9y ago
  "Boeing, Boeing"
  - madengr 9y ago
    Ha ha, thanks!

gaius 9y ago

It's probably not legal to do what he was doing, but he sure was livin' large. Of course it's legal; a contractor is not an employee, they are a company in their own right. A company can manage its operations however it likes.