I'll be releasing something soon (with the help of a co-conspirator) to take baby steps in that direction. Larger products are also in the pipeline. In hindsigh

I'll be releasing something soon (with the help of a co-conspirator) to take baby steps in that direction. Larger products are also in the pipeline. In hindsight, contracting probably made getting to this stage harder (slower) than having a 9-5 job and working on my own stuff in the evenings/at weekends would have been. Especially early on, I was often 2 weeks from running out of money, and I still occasionally screw up estimates. Still, I've learned a lot in the process. Working up a buffer has certainly been hard this way, particularly with the insane tax & social security rates here. Longer term, there's no way I'd realistically be able to be a mere employee without going nuts or locking myself out of the job market. Job hopping (I get bored with jobs that don't progress at my pace so quickly) looks terrible on the CV, contracting seems to be fine.