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To me, this means: "Not hard work": a few hours a day at most, but with complete freedom, e.g. take the day off (sort of) whenever you want / have the possibil
by charlesdm 10y ago
To me, this means:
"Not hard work": a few hours a day at most, but with complete freedom, e.g. take the day off (sort of) whenever you want / have the possibility to go sit in a cafe or meet up with friends, etc. A life without too much professional stress.
"Living well": An (after tax) income of $100 - 150k a year, in a low(er) cost of living area (e.g. not SF or London). Add some for higher CoL cities.
- falcolas 10y agoI'll be frank, the only way someone gets to the point where they are making $150,000 a year is by doing a lot of work up front and then getting lucky. You have to get a degree (or the work equivalent), build up experience in the industry, pound the pavement for clients, prove your ability to them again and again. Then you have to hit the niche jackpot where you can work very little for a lot of money (at least until a competitor comes along). I would paint you as the exception, not the rule. You had the right knowledge, the right skillset, and the right contacts to get you a job 99.9% of the current workforce would kill to have. Not because they are too stupid to do the same things you do, but because they weren't as lucky as you.
- charlesdm 10y agoI don't work for clients though, I work on my own products. My customers are my clients. I agree with you that it would be much harder to make the same from direct client work, however, there are plenty of people in the world making >$10,000/mo via the internet from a product of some sort.