>
>2.  Is roller-coaster pay a problem for you?  Boom and bust business?
of course
>
>3.  How about long hours or travel?  Does that stress out your family?
of course
>
>4.  How do you go about capitalizing the business?  pay as you go, loans,
>a combo?
pay as you go, and plastic
>
>5.  What specifically does a consultant need to have around besides a
>computer, a scope, some hand tools, a compiler, an Eprom burner and an
>ICE?

depends on the job
>
>6.  Do you have a standard contract?

yes
>
>7. Do you have a home office or a remote office?  Does the remote office
>allow you to leave the job behind?
SOHO
>
>8.  How many hours a week do you spend working - 50?  70?
varies but yes
>
>9. How do you advertize your business - word of mouth?  Long term
>customers?  Bingo cards?  Ads in Circuit Cellar?  Spam to
>alt.suckers.news?  ;-)
>
That is the hard part....im looking for work right now

>10. Without divulging salary per se, do you feel you make more or less
>money as a consultant or as an employee?  Per year?  Per Hour?
>

more per hour contract.....employee....more consistant
>
>

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