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Free from 9 to 5

By on May 27, 2005 in Ideas

Free from 9 to 5 is an interesting new blog to check out.

From the about page:

If someone told me 10 years ago, when I was in college, that I would be working for one of Southern California’s largest employers, doing software development and being paid handsomely to boot, I’d be ecstatic. Well, I am working for that employer now, doing software development and being paid very well, but I’m far from ecstatic. In fact, I don’t want this anymore. I don’t want a daily 2 hour round trip commute. I don’t want to spend 8-10 hours a day stuck in a cubicle. I don’t want to deal with office politics.

Now, I want to work for myself. I want to work where I want, when I want. I don’t mind working more than 40 hours a week, but I want to set my own schedule. The Internet makes all this within reach. I just need to go out and do it. This is easier said than done though. As I struggle with this, I hope to explore what others are doing and how they’re doing it here. I hope you will find it informative and maybe even helpful if you are striving towards the same goal.

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Business Opportunities Weblog editor and publisher Dane Carlson lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, just 15 miles from Yosemite National Park. He accidentally became a professional blogger in 2001. He has added 12,203 posts to the site.

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  • http://tintin.blogs.com TinTin

    Just go for it! It may not be easy but satisfaction never is!

  • dipayan

    Hi….
    I totally agree with u. I feel the same sitting in a cubicle in a top Indian software development company in Mumbai, India. Even I want to get out of this binding 9 hrs job and do something of my own. But I just dont know how to go about it. Only thing that i know right now is that right now I am young, proactive and ready to take risk and work as hard as possible…..and do something of my own….may be u can help me…I need ideas…..
    keep in touch

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