Well lets hope that someone somewhere in that government has a clue about what is supposed to be the future of employment anyway. I don't /want/ to be employed

Well lets hope that someone somewhere in that government has a clue about what is supposed to be the future of employment anyway. I don't /want/ to be employed by a company. I did it for many years, and I'm sick of politics and mental sclerosis. I want to be a mercenary. I'm a great engineer (no really, been doing that 30 years, and I've loved every bit of it) and I want to do /just that/. As a contractor, I can do that. I take the risks with it too, I can be out of work, or even leave a project I don't like if I feel like it. Yes I make more money, but there's /risk/ involved. Oh, and I do pay taxes, I'm quite happy about it too. I'm not googleapplezon! And the thing is, my clients don't need me full time. They'd don't need to, once the development and design phase are done, well, I can go and do something else -- so they pay me more, but it's a fixed cost, not an ongoing one. So common .gov, stop fscking with us!