Good read
I'd like to add some perspective here. The work from home deal is a two way street. If you've been around the biz long enough, you've learned some things that might be hard to come by and aren't found in books or on the boards.
A job at home or in the office is a two way street. The employee half needs to know and take care in whom s/he goes to work for. Knowing the people involved is everything. That is a bit hard to do with just ICQ and board chat. What I'm trying to say is that there are potential employers that will rip you off.
Had an experience recently about promoting a new site. Did some ICQ chat and it sounded interesting. Then moved to a couple of hours on the phone. All was going well and we reached agreement on a dollar amount and a definition of the job. A wire transfer was promised, so I started providing some detail information, essentially began working. After a couple days, the $$ didn?t show and I quickly became suspicious. An email or two confirmed that this was gonna be a rip off. So I bailed before it really got out of hand.
That one took me back. Had to ask myself: Am I that naïve yet? BTW, I checked out the company and it appeared they had deep pockets. Point is, I didn?t really know the people and while it sounded good, it wasn?t. A job is a two-way deal. Don't get blinded by the site of $$.