Comments on: Open Thread: How’s the Economy Treating You?

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VanessiaChenoweth — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:36:00 +0000

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By: PatyHingle

PatyHingle — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:15:18 +0000

President-elect Barack Obama delivered a speech today, January 8, 2009. Obama discussed the current economic crisis and urged Congress to act quickly in passing a stimulus bill, warning that the recession could become
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Infrastructure? What is he thinking? The US has some of the best infrastructure in the world. Anyone who has traveled can see that. Only Europe has better… and not ALL of Europe. Not only that, but there are 250,000 people out of work on Wall Street, and Obama is going to hand them all a shovel? …NONSENS !

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By: m3talsmith

m3talsmith — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:33:24 +0000

When things started turning down I watched a ton of remote jobs being fought over. It’s harder than ever to get those jobs, so I turned to my local economy. We are booming here because everyone has turned locally. As a web developer I still have a backlog, and a new market to tap in to. Mix in the fact that I started my own hosting for some passive income and I think it’s a great mix for the next few years.

By: John Ek

John Ek — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:55:47 +0000

I’ve found that my larger clients are doing fine (larger meaning $24-50M US in sales. But I do have a couple of smaller clients with ambitious projects that are now hesitant to pay. Of course I haven’t turned over any finalized projects, but most of the work is already done. So I can definitely feel the difference from even 3 months ago. But luckily my bigger clients pay my bills, the smaller ones are just Vegas money. Looks like I won’t visit sin city very soon.

By: Blake

Blake — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:06:29 +0000

Staying busy. Too busy to write any more than this. : )

By: Misty Cryer-Davidson

Misty Cryer-Davidson — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:56:54 +0000

I’m a web writer. I don’t see much change in volume of work with changes in the economy. Now that you got me thinking about it, I realize that the majority of customers lately have been from other countries so the economy may have some effect.

By: Jeff Friend

Jeff Friend — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:15:27 +0000

We, thank God, have kept our backblog steady, and are continuing to write new business. We are, however, having trouble finding talent to hire, and we’re looking.

By: Brett

Brett — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:33:59 +0000

I currently own a small software development company in Cape Town, South Africa. The country started experiencing an economic downturn a few months into this year; caused by exchange rate, price of fuel and internal infrastructure issues which effected production. Price of food has soared, vehicle sales have dried up, and the bottom has fallen out of the housing market.
Effect on business? The small businesses are tanking and they’re definitely not spending any money on anything that doesn’t directly keep their doors open. The larger businesses still have budgeted capital and they’re spending it, albeit sometimes desperately. My business is focused on long-term, corporate and government expenditure: it’s guaranteed for at least 24 months, but we’re having cash-flow issues as projects are re-evaluated, etc.

By: Serge Lescouarnec

Serge Lescouarnec — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:07:14 +0000

I am both an employee and a business owner.
On the employee side, activity and income have declined but in the past month I am getting new clients on the business side so things might balance each other.
We are still early in this ‘credit crunch’ so we do not know how the chips will fall.
I am not sure many of us in the USA are ready to contemplate a year or two of painful adjustments.
Call it being in denial maybe.
I started writing about going from Consumed to Thrifty on Serge the Concierge about 6 months ago and offered a panel on that topic titled From Consumed to Thrifty: Strategies for a Good Life in a Wobbly Economy for South by Southwest 2009.
It is getting more and more relevant as the weeks and months pass by.
Diverse income streams and being flexible in your thinking and approach might be the best way to survive…

Serge
‘The French Guy from New Jersey’

By: aullman

aullman — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:23:50 +0000

This country spends $2 billion per day importing oil from foriegn nations. The economy could be fixed and the budget balanced overnight if this money was kept in the US economy. It is possible to cut back drastically on oil imports if more employers would support remote work programs. Remote Office Centers make it possible for most office workers to work from an office near where they live. They lease individual offices, internet and phone systems to workers from different companies in shared centers located around the suburbs. It is going to take a paradigm shift to "fix" the economy. The technology already exists for remote working and telecommuting. Employers and government need to support programs for remote working. These programs benefit individuals, employers and the economy in general by cutting back on demand for fuel.