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Thanks for the suggestion. My Bf just got his 90 day reveiw. They
think he is great. They are not aware of the computer program he
set up. My bf is frustrated at the low pay of this job and he is
applying to computer jobs. When he was programming at home he was
happy. So I hope it works out for him. No matter what he does he
will be happiest in front of a computer.
Helen
> On Saturday 03 November 2007, hlnlovell wrote:
> > I will give you a brief reminder of my situation. When I met my
> > boyfriend I had no idea that he was working for a MLM. After a
few
> > months of dating I went to a couple of meetings and I was
appalled.
> > My boyfriend had been working in the computer industry until his
> > company got bought out by another. He decided he did not like
the
> > corporate world and joined Primerica through an acquaintance. At
> > first he made quite a bit of money, and then it all fell apart.
I
> > met him when he was going bankrupt. It took having all of his
> > savings, and second mortgage money running out to finally get
him to
> > apply to a real job. He got lucky and on the third interview he
got
> > a good job.
> >
> > He recruits medical professionals for hospitals across the
country.
> > The computer program for his job was not efficient. So he wrote
a
> > program that allows him to work much faster then everyone else.
He
> > is winning all sorts of awards at work because he is able to
place
> > so many people. However he is still collecting money from
> > Primerica. He gives Primerica $40.00 a month for the privilege
of
> > using their webpage! He wants a job that he can collect residual
> > income like Primerica. So he is not completely satisfied with
his
> > current work. Sometimes I get nervous that he will return to
> > Primerica. He talks about it with such affection. His things if
> > only X had happened then it would have worked.
>
> Okay, remember it clearly now. I didn't remember some details,
like
> whether he started before or after you met.
>
> He's not going to find a job that pays him residual income. No
company
> wants to do that, since it's income they don't keep. I'm sure
there
> are some jobs out there that pay residuals, but the best way I can
> think of to create residual income is to either write a book or
make a
> movie that keeps paying some kind of royalties or to create your
own
> business that sets up a system where people pay by subscription.
>
> I've heard of situations where a sales person continues to make an
> income on sales of things like subscriptions (the salesperson
makes
> some each time it's renewed), but anything like this will
eventually
> slack off or peter out, since over time fewer people will keep
> renewing.
>
> > Although I must say he is defiantly starting to change for the
> > better. He is no longer around other Primerica people so his
> > thinking is getting more rational. He wants to take a computer
> > class so he can learn the latest language and be competitive for
> > jobs in his field. I have watched him meet people just to talk
> > rather then recruit them. He is trying to act like a
professional
> > by dressing and talking like someone with a master's degree
rather
> > then the low lives that are drawn to Primerica. I have to remind
> > him not to swear or to make jokes about burping. But it is much,
> > much, better then it was a few months ago.
>
> Here's a big point for him to consider: Computer and data work has
a
> much better potential to provide residual income than many other
> fields. Once you write a program, the effort is done and you can
> resell it many times over at a fraction of a cost (to you) of the
> original. Just print a new manual and burn new disks and you've
got
> another copy at a cost of $10 to $20.
>
> Is it possible he could work out a deal to sell the software he's
> written for his work to his own company? That might help move him
over
> to a computer job, if he wants, since they'd want new versions
with
> improvements and bug fixes.
>
> He might also be able to use some type of auto-updating feature
and,
> instead of selling the program once for each company or set of
> licenses, could sell it as a subscription program. Then a company
> would pay him a set amount per month for a certain number of
licenses
> and that would include updates and bug fixes. One advantage is
that
> once he fixes a bug for one company, he can push it to other
companies
> as an update as well.
>
> That's a few ideas you might want to forward to him. For what
it's
> worth, my business is based on a model like this. I sell
subscriptions
> to a data service. My clients pay me monthly. I have a simple
program
> that runs on their computers and the program that runs on my
computer
> does all the hard work (that includes the processes I don't want
others
> to be able to copy). As of now it's automated so the data is
delivered
> to them regularly, but I'm still working on the control programs.
When
> those are done, the data processing is automated and managing the
> business will take very little time. He might be able to set up
> something similar with the program he uses for his job.
>
> Hal
>
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