And so I bought my low voltage company that has been dismissive of any online presence along with today's technology. Email? Webpage? Techy stuff?

[Holbs]

Still here.
No one told me I would have 100% no social life as a new business owner that has no experience assuming control of a 20 year old established business. Not so easy
Heck...bought one of Andy's wifi outdoor spotlights a month ago and still have not even installed it!

 

[Mike A.]

Working for yourself isn't nearly as much fun as most think. As I usually tell them, you'll work twice as hard and your boss is still an asshole.

 

[Holbs]

working 2x's as hard is... fun exciting and tedious. but I wouldn't change anything. I'm still 1/2 technician and 1/2 boss. The stress & drama came up when I had 3 new techs to train. Lots of 'ooops, I didnt know' situations that I feel I have to babysit. Time & experience will help them with that. And more and more of a need to purchase one of them $12,000 fluke certification testers (Versiv2's) that have the future ability of certifiying Cat7 (or maybe it's Cat8). Company vehicle woes (6 pairs of tires so far...but luckily, I have good experience buying tires!)