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> Do you suggest I go solo and take on development jobs myself Yes. You don't want to help juniors. You don't want to waste your time in meetings explaining t
by meritt 8y ago
> Do you suggest I go solo and take on development jobs myself
Yes.
You don't want to help juniors. You don't want to waste your time in meetings explaining things to "incompetent" managers. You only want to work in a private office on your own schedule. You don't want to be stressed or asked to put in extra hours. You only want to work on "hard technical problems" that you find interesting.
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- nextstep40plus 8y agoYou're getting really close to what I want. I just don't find it easy to get this kind of job. Do you have experience working for your self helping small clients with fun work and your description?
- ilaksh 8y agoI have experience with something like that. I'm 40 years old and been working remotely most of the time for maybe ten years. I mostly find good projects online. Building prototypes helps get contracts. However, the major problem I have had is finding those awesome low stress remote jobs or gigs that _also_ have "US market rate" pay and that can sustain it. I have certainly been successful in that to some degree but my current startup hasn't had funding. And rather than give up when he started running out of money, I cut my rate. So in order to save money I recently moved to a beach area in Mexico. It has an amazing view of the ocean and is affordable. However there are downsides. I have discovered new types of diarrhea that I did not know existed. The water was shut off for five days. And yesterday the ATM had an error and just decided it couldn't give me my $170 even though my account was debited. So today I am trying to find an inexpensive place to live in the US again.