I'm going to do the work for my friend, yes. I may even be able to do some of it from home.

I don't think I would want to work for this guy, but I might if I don't come up with a better alternative six months down the road. I left it that we would be in touch after the New Year, so I have some more time to think about it. I think he would be a difficult client, especially since he seems to be a poor communicator and arbitrary control freak.

I also think that what I would propose would not interest him. I'd be okay coming in one or two days a week to do whatever needed to be done and would accept longer term projects, like launching a new phone system. I asked him at one point during our conversation why he didn't have a contract with a company that provides systems management services and he told me that he was too busy to deal with a vendor... so it just doesn't get done. Apparently there were a few systems meltdowns this week that disrupted everyone's work, for what that's worth.

This whole thing has just been so strange. I will probably just tell him that I don't want full-time work right now after all and leave it at that.

Do you have any news on changing companies???