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I have been in this industry since 2006, started up offering friends some webspace free. I didn't really know how to run a server, but I learned as I went on - like all of us, no doubt. Eventually, I taught myself gradually how servers run, networks, etc - I studied Information Technology in 2000 at college, comprising of HTML, visual basic, networking, etc - that kind of stuff.
Not many of you know this, I was born with a physical disability, Cerebral Palsy, after a difficult birth. You can view all about my past and how I got to this stage here (yes, it's an old small WordStress site, ironic eh, considering I detest the thing?!) - the content has not been updated in years, although WordStress is!
I enjoy helping people, that's why I initially opened a little business, so I could help people from my home and earn at the same time - being disabled is hard to get out and about at the best of times. I would've like to own a building for my own servers, or buy my own servers and use colocation buildings - however, yet again, my disability would make this difficult. The next best thing was to rent servers from a company.
This is how I run my business, renting servers and running them via my bedroom... My client base is small, I do not advertise, do any SEO or marketing. My site and details are floating around the web, and if someone buys from me, great.
Going by the title of this thread, yes, I'm thinking of jacking it all in soon - that is give up and close it in layman terms. Like most of us, 2020 has been a cluster *beep* with businesses going into administration, even I have unpaid invoices from clients.
I'm not feeling too good in general, so I've not been doing anything at all, well, I don't feel like doing anything (even for money!)..... I'm not enjoying it as I used to.... That, and unpaid invoices, gets you down - even before COVID... I hardly make a profit these days anyway.
I'm good at PHP, C++, so I might continue and build on Pickles Software, code software, maybe games as well.
Keep safe.
Not many of you know this, I was born with a physical disability, Cerebral Palsy, after a difficult birth. You can view all about my past and how I got to this stage here (yes, it's an old small WordStress site, ironic eh, considering I detest the thing?!) - the content has not been updated in years, although WordStress is!
I enjoy helping people, that's why I initially opened a little business, so I could help people from my home and earn at the same time - being disabled is hard to get out and about at the best of times. I would've like to own a building for my own servers, or buy my own servers and use colocation buildings - however, yet again, my disability would make this difficult. The next best thing was to rent servers from a company.
This is how I run my business, renting servers and running them via my bedroom... My client base is small, I do not advertise, do any SEO or marketing. My site and details are floating around the web, and if someone buys from me, great.
Going by the title of this thread, yes, I'm thinking of jacking it all in soon - that is give up and close it in layman terms. Like most of us, 2020 has been a cluster *beep* with businesses going into administration, even I have unpaid invoices from clients.
I'm not feeling too good in general, so I've not been doing anything at all, well, I don't feel like doing anything (even for money!)..... I'm not enjoying it as I used to.... That, and unpaid invoices, gets you down - even before COVID... I hardly make a profit these days anyway.
I'm good at PHP, C++, so I might continue and build on Pickles Software, code software, maybe games as well.
Keep safe.
