Re: FN-FORUM low rates for design work

date posted 16th April 2002 18:06

my husband is a plumber and he has work lined up from here to there...
what you say is true, I am thinking of becoming his official secretary


shaf cangil

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gaurav Malik" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM low rates for design work


> Hi,
>
> Sorry to join in so late, but couple of weeks ago there was an
> article in the Guardian about lack of plumbers and the shortage that
> may follow! Maybe that could be the job for the future.
>
> 1) Cannot be outsourced: Can't really send a leaking tap to
> RussiaIndiaChina
> 2) Constant Demand : People will have houses, houses will pipes....
> 3) Casual Dress : You are EXPECTED to wear comfy jeans.
> 4) Free Food: You get endless supply of teas and biscuits from
> clients.
> 5) Salary: If you are working over Easter perios you could have made
> £400 per day.
>
> All the best bits of our web designing profession without the
> hassle!!!
>
> Now I don't know about you guys I am off to become a plumber and yes
> I will have my own website, with online booking, search interface,
> chat etc..
>
> Regards,
>
> Gaurav
> P.S. No job too small or big for that matter!!
>
> --- Karl Bunyan [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> > That's interesting - during the last recession 1/3 of architects in
> > the UK
> > were unemployed! I used to be one and I don't think it is
> > necessarily the
> > profession to be in... my first boss paid himself £18k and he owned
> > the
> > business.
> >
> > Karl
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David King, ZAX dtp" [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 9:42 PM
> > Subject: Re: FN-FORUM low rates for design work
> >
> >
> > A friend of mine says he's been an architect all his working life
> > and has
> > never known a recession. Seems like that was the job to go for. He
> > works
> > freelance and is never short of work or income. Computers were not
> > the great
> > income generators they were once thought of as being. Probably
> > because
> > they've become too common and widespread, thanks to ever increasing
> > technology being brought out (2.2 GHz latest CPU speed but who
> > really needs
> > it?) so that people replace their old stuff with new stuff, and
> > then others
> > buy the old stuff, thus increasing computer ownership (I currently
> > have
> > about 7 computers).
> >
> >
> > David King
> >
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