Re: Tech job question


"Bill Lang" <wjlmutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Xns9909E27E7F4F5bungalobill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I've been approached with an opportunity to get out of the food
business. The job is installing, troubleshooting, and training
clients on the company's software and service. (It's something to do
with title releasing and tracking for real estate and lawyers) No
sales, just installation. The tech part is fairly low level, even I
can handle it after brushing up on networks. The rest is just
customer service, which comes naturally for me. It's an on-the-road
job, my territory would initially be Tenn and may expand south and
west.

Two questions for those who have been there, done that. What's the
quality of life for 4 days a week in hotels? What kind of salary
range should I be asking/looking for? I've already met with the guy
who would be training me and would essentially be my direct
supervisor. He does the same thing in VA/MD/NJ. He's described the
job's pro's and con's, but I'd like some perspective from some
objective third party types. You guys are as close as I can get to
that.


I did that for a while. Hmm, YMMV, but here's what happened to me.

Cons
Away from home, ended my first marriage

Pros
Away from home, ended my first marriage

That's about all I can remember. Oh, I like to stay in hotels and travel and that I got to do alot of. It's great if you don't mind eating in a restaurant alone (you can get good food on a decent expense account). Make sure your per diem is enough to throw in a nice restaurant once in a while (fast food gets old on the road). Find the best nearby Hooters for watching games (the good Mr. Rogers may be of help - Nashville has some good ones and isn't far from Hotlanta). Salary is relative to experience and area. I'd say somewhere in the 50s-60s might be a good number, since most of your meals will be paid for etc. But salary is hard to say because I don't know what you consider "good" for the hassle (for me the first 6 months or so were nice, after that, travelling 5 days a week got to be a huge pain). Make sure you can plan days off and have weekends free if possible. Make sure they have a solid backup plan for what happens if you get sick. If you are on a tight schedule and get sick while moving from city to city trying to catch back up can be teh suck.

That's about my experience.

Oh, and make sure beer is expensible.

Art

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