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I believe my employer has an ACI membership for some of the work we do, but I am not personally a member. I'll see about getting access to the directory.

It's worth pointing out that I'm not planning on just giving my 2 week notice and running out the door with no plan. What I'm proposing is getting my work onboard right now BEFORE I'm setup and have run the numbers, and then transitioning into it that plan (no safety net). The alternative is...

Well, I'm glad I made these posts. My boss just called me in for a surprise discussion on my thoughts on drafting/engineering hiring and asking me to come up with some proposals. I was able to glean a lot more information and provide better answers thanks to the advice here. I also was able to...

I've personally seen many people make that mistake. I fully intend to run a business and not a charity.

Everyone, this has been quite profitable. I encourage any other thoughts as you have them. That said; here's the conclusion I'm coming too based on the good advice given and general consensus: I gather that this isn't a bad idea, it's just premature and highly risky. I clearly need to have a...

You made many good points; rather than address them individually a general thank you for all the thoughts is in order. A fixed price structure would be the most likely method. You're very right about the potential under-estimate of the costs involved. You're also right about the risks. You laid...

I guess a better way to propose what I'm thinking is this: Right now my current employer needs me and if I quit tomorrow I would shut down a big part of the company while they struggled to bring in outside help and get someone else to replace me. The workload combined with the specialty service...

I should have clarified; my rates would be initially set so that the rate I charged would be a rough approximation of my total cost to the company, not just salary, including their E&O insurance; 401k; health care; office space; cell phone; engineering software; computers; and so on. I'd also...

Blunt, I like it. Yes, but I have run enough numbers to know that my long-term career goals would be better served by going solo. My thoughts are that I appear to be at a crossroad of either helping the company build an engineering department and becoming a manager, or going solo. See above...

Throwaway account but I'm a regular poster on eng-tips. The summary of the below is I'm looking to go solo but business opportunities are forcing me to accelerate my plans before I'm prepared. For the past few years I've been slowly lining up things to go solo with a sustainable business plan...