A little work
Mar. 5th, 2026 11:31![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bill_schubertTurns out that my sister @susandennis, mentioned being offered a pay gig just shortly after I was offered one. Hers was customer service, mine consulting. Hers, likely many customers. Mine is only one.
My friendly bookkeeper with whom I network monthly and who I've known for 15 years or so is making some changes and wants to see if she can streamline with AI. So she asked me to help and wants to pay me. I had no idea what she wants to pay but she seemed to think that I was not going to ask for enough. So I went through ChatGPT and had a discussion and my value is around $150/hour so I'm going with a version of that. At least for the first part of the set up. Block of a project with a $2k flat rate. It will likely involve more than the 13 hours but it will be fun for me and likely a one off. And they are good people to work with.
But if the first project is successful it may grow into much more. I suspect that if I can wrap my mind around the processes I can save them a lot more than they are paying me. All the time having fun.
The way it should be.
Other than that things are fine and dandy. I've got an open day that I've turned into a bit of consulting study and getting my car inspected so I can register it.
And today is Toby's 9th birthday:
We celebrated by taking him to the vet for annual shots. He was not amused.
My friendly bookkeeper with whom I network monthly and who I've known for 15 years or so is making some changes and wants to see if she can streamline with AI. So she asked me to help and wants to pay me. I had no idea what she wants to pay but she seemed to think that I was not going to ask for enough. So I went through ChatGPT and had a discussion and my value is around $150/hour so I'm going with a version of that. At least for the first part of the set up. Block of a project with a $2k flat rate. It will likely involve more than the 13 hours but it will be fun for me and likely a one off. And they are good people to work with.
But if the first project is successful it may grow into much more. I suspect that if I can wrap my mind around the processes I can save them a lot more than they are paying me. All the time having fun.
The way it should be.
Other than that things are fine and dandy. I've got an open day that I've turned into a bit of consulting study and getting my car inspected so I can register it.
And today is Toby's 9th birthday:
We celebrated by taking him to the vet for annual shots. He was not amused.
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Date: 2026-03-05 18:26 (UTC)