Yah my mainstream pays for this startup in my siggy. At least a good portion anyway. I run some asp site which I am rewriting to ASP.NET this year. I sell computer data storage hardware through the same company. Trying to weasel my way into their 15k month marketing budget right now. So yah mainstream pays. For me it was a matter of "It's all who you know"
See I don't know shit about any programming and design. People know me in my last biz as a team player and the man that comes through on his word.FYI I use to wash their cars out back years ago every Friday without fail. When they heard I was trying to get into the design biz. They flowed me some work and a shit ton of it. You can check out my years paycheck at Computer Giants or
http://www.computergiants.com/. It's a fucking wreck. The site makes 600-800k every month so hell yah. Everyday I wakeup I am grateful as a motherfucker.
If anyone needs any hardware I will hook you up. Hit me up direct. They have good relationships with all the majors.