I've recently come to this conclusion too. I did remote freelance work for several months, and it was miserable. Some clients are better than others, but if the

I've recently come to this conclusion too. I did remote freelance work for several months, and it was miserable. Some clients are better than others, but if they find you online (and you're not speaking at conferences, etc) it's most likely because they want cheap work. However I have heard success stories (online) from people that find work in their local area/network. I've decided to do my own thing (a sort of micro ISV), and if at all possible I plan to not do freelance work ever again. I'm probably not cut out for it, but I also think software development is just a poor profession for (fixed price) freelance work.