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I'm 35. I've been a freelancer for the past 5 years. There are three paths directly before me: * Move into management. People have been pushing me in that dire

I'm 35. I've been a freelancer for the past 5 years. There are three paths directly before me: * Move into management. People have been pushing me in that direction for a while now and I've resisted. Recently, I've discovered that I don't need to actually type the code myself to get the same enjoyment and sense of accomplishment from building something. So, I've been considering it. * Start my own one-man company. I have no idea what I would make. The only industry I know anything about is web development and startups, so finding good problems to solve has been challenging. * Double down on freelancing/contracting. I make good money with the handful of clients I have at the moment, but I could make a whole lot more with only a little more effort. I could also focus on finding a larger variety of problems to solve instead of just frontend web development. As for which path I'll take... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

throwaway1492 7y ago
Did you seriously read "older" and think of yourself at 35?
- ScottFree 7y ago
  I'm not the youngest person to post in this thread. Did you have a point or did you forget your medication again?
  - dang 7y ago
    Whoa. please don't cross into personal attack. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - ScottFree 7y ago
      So other people can attack me with impunity and I can't respond at all? I thought my response was mild compared to the original comment.
      - dang 7y ago
        I didn't read that comment as attacking you, but rather as a variation of what older people always say to younger people: "you think that's old? you're just a kid". It's a cliché, but it isn't mean. It's basically a kind-hearted way of pointing out that the younger person has a lot of life ahead, with a touch of wistfulness about their own case. And they in turn get the same treatment from their own elders. Of course I don't know what the GP actually meant, but this is where one can follow the site guideline that asks "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." By contrast, charitable interpretation can't do very much with "did you have a point or did you forget your medication again". That's why I gave the moderation reply to you rather than to the GP.

throwaway1492 7y ago

Did you seriously read "older" and think of yourself at 35?

ScottFree 7y ago
I'm not the youngest person to post in this thread. Did you have a point or did you forget your medication again?
- dang 7y ago
  Whoa. please don't cross into personal attack. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - ScottFree 7y ago
    So other people can attack me with impunity and I can't respond at all? I thought my response was mild compared to the original comment.
    - dang 7y ago
      I didn't read that comment as attacking you, but rather as a variation of what older people always say to younger people: "you think that's old? you're just a kid". It's a cliché, but it isn't mean. It's basically a kind-hearted way of pointing out that the younger person has a lot of life ahead, with a touch of wistfulness about their own case. And they in turn get the same treatment from their own elders. Of course I don't know what the GP actually meant, but this is where one can follow the site guideline that asks "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." By contrast, charitable interpretation can't do very much with "did you have a point or did you forget your medication again". That's why I gave the moderation reply to you rather than to the GP.