Re: OT: Consulting As A CCIE

All good advice. That's what I do here in the UK, work through a Limited
Company. I wasn't sure how it worked in the States.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Morris" <smorris_at_internetworkexpert.com>
To: "Joe Astorino" <jastorino_at_ipexpert.com>
Cc: "CCIE Groupstudy" <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Consulting As A CCIE

> It's not difficult to do, but the best thing I can tell you is to do it
> under a company name... Several reasons there.
>
> 1. It protects you legally. (I'd look at purchasing business insurance
> as well if you are going to be serious about this)
> 2. It makes you look bigger. You can talk about yourself in
> third-person without people thinking you are insane. :) You can be
> touted as the "primary engineer" for the consulting company, and this
> gives you the option to sub-contract at any point without anyone
> blinking an eye.
> 3. It gives you the ability to separate income for tax purposes. This
> means you can write-off things too, stuff that you may purchase anyway
> (laptop, tools, etc.) but now you get tax credit for them!
>
> Once you start getting going, you'll have the possibilty for a wide
> variety of things thrown at you. Try not to turn your nose up too much
> at Linksys or Sonicwall or other things. While they may not be the best
> stuff on the planet, they still serve a purpose: they pay your bills!
>
> Good luck with it!
>
>
>
>
> *Scott Morris*, CCIE/x4/ (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713,
>
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> Joe Astorino wrote:
>> Hey group,
>>
>> I am looking to start doing some network consulting work on the side.
>> The
>> trouble is, I really have no idea how to get started doing that. I mean,
>> OK
>> I can print off a flyer and put my credentials and skills, and what I can
>> help with...but not really sure what else to do to get started. Does
>> anybody else out there do work like this? How do you get things going?
>> It
>> seems many of the big businesses have people that take care of their
>> stuff,
>> and the small businesses are generally too small to want to pay or deal
>> with
>> somebody on the CCIE level...they might have a few linksys switches or
>> something. Any pointers would be appreciated!
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Joe Astorino
>> CCIE #24347 (R&S)
>> Sr. Support Engineer - IPexpert, Inc.
>> URL: http://www.IPexpert.com
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