Comments on: How to Deal with Work-From-Home Naysayers

on 4/20/2008 Great article.

on 3/24/2008 This was an extremely helpful article. My husband was steadily a naysayer (and actually still is) about me finding freelance employment from home. I spent my time gaining experience in "real-life" customer service, sales, & telemarketing jobs. I've built up a very good resume. And I've spent YEARS researching companies online that really do outsource to telecommuters. I've had to work my way through a few average-wage positions ($7-$8/hr), but I finally found a company with whom I make $15/hr, setting appointments for businesses. I still have the potential to earn much more as I gain more experience and add more skills to my resume.

Who cares what anyone thinks if you can really make it work. I have to because I have 2 young children, and the costs of daycare for both of us to have "real jobs" (as my husband puts it) is astronomical and illogical. Treat working from home as