David’s Black Book (entry 1)
Originally written: 7.12.04
I have been quite frustrated with the progression of the website lately. They are taking way too long for a job that should have been completed weeks ago. I feel that they are rushing it along and trying to cramp everything into these last 2 weeks, to make up for the lost time. How will they ever finish everything? The tour feature hasn’t even been started yet…
In this entry I was speaking about my first website that I hired developers to build for me and they were basically extending and extending the job beyond the contract so that I’d have to pay extra money. I was really being taken advantage of and I didn’t really appreciate it.
Did something like this ever happen to you?
I really took the time to learn about contracts and hiring offshore development companies after that summer of stress.
Looking back, I should have taught myself more about computers and programming, so I would’ve at least been able to understand more about what was going on behind the scenes.
Later that day I wrote about my plans for when I graduate college:
I am diligently working on becoming more intelligent on various subjects. I am even considering not continuing my education after college and immediately jumping into the business world. “I would be very disappointed with you, Dave” said my mother after I told her of this plan. I figure why have my parents spend more money on my education when I can get an entry level job at some big corporation and continue to work on building my business.
During that summer I found myself constantly reading as much about business as I could. I was getting so into business that I was considering not going to graduate school after I finished college. As you can see, my mother wasn’t too happy about that, but my mind was set. Though it hurt me that I didn’t have the support of my mother, I knew that I had to trust what I felt in my heart, no matter what. If you haven’t experienced opposition from your parents about your business yet, then consider yourself lucky.
I guess that I just wanted to explore all of my options and not feel forced into continuing my education after college. Looking back, nearly 2 years later, I have no regrets and fully support the decision that I made that summer.
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