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Bad: I work 10 hours a day, 6 days a week. Good: On something I like to do. Bad: Have to keep most customers happy. Good: Can tell that one customer who is gen
by spiritplumber 12y ago
Bad: I work 10 hours a day, 6 days a week.
Good: On something I like to do.
Bad: Have to keep most customers happy.
Good: Can tell that one customer who is genuinely being an asshat, to go fuck himself.
- leesalminen 12y agoExactly right.
- johnward 12y agoSo it sounds like every corporate job I'be ever had. Except more upside. The downside is you might have to get a corporate job if you fail. Although I would love to be able to fire a few customers but I'm sure my benefits are probably better if you are early stage. I actually had better healthcare before acquisition. Which suprised me.
- Numberwang 12y ago"Can tell that one customer who is genuinely being an asshat, to go fuck himself." Working in customer support I can tell that you Sir, are living the dream.
- dereking 12y agoHow big is your team?
- spiritplumber 12y agoThree people full time (me and two others), around a dozen collaborating while they do other stuff. That's about as big as I can manage it, so that works out. Not looking to expand at the moment. Some people may work for us full time when they wrap up their day job.
- cperciva 12y agothat one customer who is genuinely being an asshat Tarsnap sometimes has "problem customers", but I have yet to see one who is trying to be a problem. It's not really the customer's fault if they don't know how to install a compiler, think that uploading 100 GB over a 512 kbps cable modem will only take a few hours, or can't figure out how to enter a valid tar command (cue xkcd). I do my best to help such customers, which usually involves refunding their money and pointing them in the direction of dropbox, spideroak, or duplicity.