I had no idea how long it would take for me to make six figures working on my own
I didn’t want to work for the man for the rest of my life, so last year I decided to start working on the weekends for myself. I can’t really compete with my current employer, so I have to work around the system. I work as a commercial contractor. I can’t offer contracting services, but I can offer HVAC services, repairs, and installations. HVAC services are not one of our number one services, so on the weekends I offer repairs and it is not in competition with my employer. I picked up a huge commercial HVAC system installation job a couple of months ago. I had to hire someone to help and that was the first time that I thought about quitting and going full-time on my own. I had to hire someone from a staffing service and it cost me about 50 bucks an hour. If I would have had a staff member, I might have spent half that amount. If I had a second person working as a part-time or full-time crew member, then I could also offer additional installation services that I do not advertise right now. I was ready to tell my boss that I was going to quit and then he offered me the job of project manager. I really wanted the job of project manager and he offered me six figures. I had no idea how long it would take for me to make six figures working on my own. I was only working part time, but I needed to choose one full time job. I had to choose between the project manager job or fully starting my own HVAC service business.