Of course, you implied this in your "anything else" clause...
Alex Balashov wrote:
I would, however, throw in a cautionary note whose general effect is that freelance consulting as a full-time professional endeavour is governed by the same laws of economics and marketplace realities as any other business endeavour. So, I think my concern is with universalising this path or suggesting that it is for everyone or even for most people. Being on your own as a contractor isn't going to bring automatic money, prosperity, or even survival any more than anything else is automatic.As a successful freelancer, I am confident you already know this very intimately. But I think it's important that people thinking about doing it understand this.Most of what can be said about the sustainability of this approach can be summed up as: "There's a difference between a [successful] business model and 'doing work for money.'"People in the latter category generally end up feeling like they have the worst of all worlds - no security, working twice (or more) as much for half (or less) the money, and 8 different bosses (clients). If you end up in this situation, the "emancipatory" feelings of "escaping" the "slavery of the 21st century" (the 9 to 5) can evaporate faster than you can say "I'd be making more on the unemployment dole."
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