This is part of the reason I'm working on setting up my own business rather than looking at moving back into corporate IT. A regular salary and defined respons

This is part of the reason I'm working on setting up my own business rather than looking at moving back into corporate IT. A regular salary and defined responsibilities in specific areas ("I'm building X" where X is project-level not project+financial/taxes+management/employment+regulatory) has its definite attractions, but I'm very concerned about long-term sustainability. "Flow"[0] only gets you so far, and if you have to worry about the viability of your employment vs the viability of the project, product or company it's an added set of stress. Silver temples as a company owner negotiating a services contract seems like a very different thing than silver temples as a software developer looking for work. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)