Your subsequent challenge would possibly really feel like a calling, nevertheless it’s a alternative. A alternative that can have an effect on every day you spend on it.
There aren’t any proper solutions right here, however earlier than you fall in love with a enterprise or a corporation, it might pay to consider these and different choices which can be in-built:
- Are you promoting to shoppers?
- Are you elevating cash?
- Do you serve one particular person at a time or does a committee must agree?
- Is there a community impact to the work you do?
- Is the margin on every merchandise low?
- What’s the lifetime worth of a brand new patron, buyer or companion?
- Is the work time delicate?
- Do you meet with folks in particular person?
- Are you answering RFPs or are folks in search of you out by title?
- Is worth or yield or effectivity the dominant metric in making a alternative?
- Will you create worth together with your private effort or by managing others?
- How will folks discover out about what you do?
- Is accuracy crucial a part of what you ship?
- Can a competitor who works way more hours have a giant benefit over you?
- What’s the effluent, waste or uncomfortable side effects of what you create?
- Are you prone to spend time working with friends you want?
- Are you prone to respect your clients?
- How a lot time after you start earlier than you anticipate your metrics to be optimistic?
- Is the educational curve steep?
- After you’ve realized how to do that, does it develop into boring?
Choose your clients, choose your future.
PS Joel beneficial this publish from fourteen years in the past.
