well, that went well – seriously good feelings
I had a meeting today with an incredibly cool group of people over at
"client X" (I will name them when I get permission to do so) and spent
three hours with them. The company does great work for a number of rather
large clients of their own – multimedia, 3D, video editing and the like. Their
output is everything from DVD to CD-ROM to the web. Very very cool stuff.
Anyway, it looks like I am going to be working with them… and now for the
list of good things:
- The atmosphere is basically casual… these are people who want to get
things done. Professional dress is the norm but I won’t be stranded in a
suit and tie sort of thing. - The work is very interesting… they have a wide variety of needs and I am
well suited to quite a number of them. That means I will be able to work on
a number of different things. - They are willing to let me learn (on my own time of course) some of the
things I can’t do now that I really want to be able to do in the future.
Specifically, some of their video editing equipment
is amazing and it seems that I will be allowed to get a chance to do some
hands on with it after I check out and show them I won’t break it all ๐ - I will be able to work freelance/contractor. We will be discussing an
hourly rate and/or a per project rate. Further, these folks are willing to
let me bill through dotPublishing as a b2b situation. This make my
tax life much, much simpler. - Tatsumi is going to be working with them as well it seems! Add this to the
billing situation above and we have the chance here to keep dotPublishing
running as a functional entity in the eyes of the IRS. This is a very cool
thing and will really help dotPublishing reputation. To be able to say we
worked with these guys will really enhance dotPublishing’s corporate
credibility in the future. - They aren’t upset about my desire to build "project X". I spend
some time talking with theme about it and they didn’t seem at all scared or
concerned by it. Of course I will be extremely sure to make sure it doesn’t
take away from or interfere with my work for this client – but it is a great
thing that they don’t see it as a problem. I am not the kind of guy to hide
or lie about what he is doing – so this might have been a deal breaker.
OK… more later. I am out with Tatsumi
for her birthday!