Comments on: Don’t Quit Your Day Job … Yet

By: Nishu

Nishu — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:52:22 +0000

I agree with the insurance part ..

Also day job is more like a relief from monotonous online job

By: Scott Weaver

Scott Weaver — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:27:20 +0000

@Tom: Very true. I agree with you on both fronts: it depends on your job, absolutely. And working alone is .. lonely. That’s why one of my goals when I hit my monthly amount is to get an office and force some helpless drones to work for me.

By: Tom Beaton

Tom Beaton — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:56:20 +0000

It depends on your job I guess. If you hate it you are more likely to get out early. Many people still love their day jobs.

Another thing to consider is the social side of things. Web work from home can be pretty lonely. As mentioned already, the reality of no real deadlines or pressure can sometimes lead you to find it hard to motivate yourself to actually do anything.

My day job allows me to meet so many people and network with people which I then contact regarding my own projects. It has been immensely beneficial to still work.

By: Scott Weaver

Scott Weaver — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:03:16 +0000

@James: That’s not the day job I’m talking about. Hah. But kudos to you, none the less.

By: James Mann

James Mann — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:36:57 +0000

@Scott.

I am a whole lot better than I have bee and ready to hit the water for a bit of fly fishing this year. I am getting pretty eager as it’s been over 4 years now.

I love my day job now, blogging that is, it gives me all the time I need to get out and enjoy my hobbies.

By: Scott Weaver

Scott Weaver — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:15:50 +0000

@Matt: Great points, I’d have to agree.

By: Matt L

Matt L — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:42:45 +0000

- Insurance can be much more expensive but most budding affiliate marketers can get by on a higher deductible insurance plan. For example, my wife and I each have a $2,500 deductible before insurance starts paying in. Add in a maternity rider and our insurance is under $300 / month. If you have kids, you don’t want to go that route though. Our child is on a separate policy but those are still pretty cheap.

- When everyone sets their “quit number”, they should also add in a couple clauses.

1) they should make that money for a certain period of time

2) they can’t be running a bunch of seasonal offers (check google trends)

3) they should also have some bank set aside for enough months of mortgage/rent/bills to pay in case everything tanks and they need to go find a job. This number gets pretty high, so when many affiliates add this to the bankroll they need to keep affiliate offers running, it pushes back that quit date for some time.

- an alternative method is to go find a job in the Internet Marketing industry which will give you opportunities to use what you are learning directly. In a past job, I worked as a glorified copy boy which did teach me about patience and was very important in other areas in my life, but when I started doing client work in addition to my aff marketing, it gave me the opportunity to test things on other people’s dime

By: elpen

elpen — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:47:14 +0000

wife for the saveeeeeeeeee

By: Scott Weaver

Scott Weaver — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:51:58 +0000

@James: Wow, that’s crazy. Great example. Are you ok now?

By: James "Build A Niche Store" Mann

James "Build A Niche Store" Mann — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:26:16 +0000

You post is right on the mark. I did quit my day job after my bosses, who were married to each other, split and all h*ll broke loose making it impossible to do a good job.

I kinda stormed out one day and swore I would never work for anyone again and started my online business.

Well that was a dumb thing to do and if it wasn’t for the fact that my wife has a great job I would have been in deep trouble.

And then to make it worse I had a heart attack that stopped me in my tracks. If I had been working out side the home I would have been covered but as it turned out my wife had to save my butt again.

Keeping your day job is extremely important.