ThanksButNo wrote:
> On Apr 22, 1:09 pm, walterbyrd <walterb...@iname.com> wrote:
>> There are not many jobs for regular full-time MySQL developers, or
>> DBAs. Those duties are usually picked up by PHP devs, or Linux admins.
>>
>> But, what about consulting? I have heard there is a market for for
>> MySQL consultants who know fairly high-level stuff, like replicating,
>> and scaling.
>
>
> I suggest registering on www.guru.com and/or www.dice.com. There are
> probably other websites as well. You might even consider setting up
> your own website, and buying some Google keyword advertising.
>
> If you're going to go the consulting route, don't look at it as
> "alternate employment." Look at it as a business. That includes
> everything that businesses have to deal with: dry spells, slow and no
> payers, bookkeeping, tax deductions, quarterly tax payments, etc.
>
> I remember some advice for consultants working for a big company:
> don't offer a discount for on-time payments. They'll pay you late and
> take the discount anyway.
>
> Good luck! :-)

And depending on whether you are direct or use a "consulting firm" (head
hunter) you will need to consider that some companies only pay on NET 30
or one very large company I worked with does NET 45 - regardless of the
contract. Hope you can wait 30-45 days to get paid.