Anxiety

The market for my services here in Vancouver has not been good these last three months. In fact, it's been pretty bad.

A collection of reasons why odds are stacking up against us:

• We're new.
  Sure, we've got experience working on big projects and completing good work, but once you start your own firm, it's a whole new ballgame.
  
  
• Layoffs = Competition.
  Last year was a bad year for the tech sector and a lot of people got laid off. They all went out and started their own thing just like I did.
  
  
• Everyone's holding back.
  Crazy logic, but we've seen it a few times now: Lots of potential clients are scared to get involved in anything even remotely related to high tech right now. Why? They see the nightly high tech sell-offs and immediately make a connection between the Internet and failure.
  
  
• Your neighbour's kid.
  I'm sure everyone who has created a web site professionally has heard shades of the same thing:"My neighbour's kid does that web stuff too. He said he could do that for $40".