What sorts of consulting work do you do?
DanielBMarkham: I do a lot of high-end stuff now, but let me tell you about how I started:I went door-to-door downtown asking small businesses if they needed any help with their computers. By the time I got to the second business, I had my first gig, setting up a small network.That gig led to others, which led to others. I installed printers. I created small database applications. I had this one job that for two weeks I just ran around downtown helping users at their desks -- it was a lot of fun! The guy said "You're filling in for me. When this beeper beeps, go to the person and help them with their problem". He handed me the beeper, it immediately beeped, and I spent the next two weeks running around like a madman. Had a blast.Later on this "odd jobs" method of starting led into project work, then into programming-consulting.A lot of getting started is just having a good attitude and being able to figure out answers for people's technical problems. I found starting out to be the most enjoyable part of building a consulting career, actually. Have fun!