One of my possible choices for a future career path is to go into consulting full time. I'm sure this is a common thought here on HN. Prohibiting small contrac

One of my possible choices for a future career path is to go into consulting full time. I'm sure this is a common thought here on HN. Prohibiting small contract work sounds like an excellent way to prevent that sort of thing from ever happening. It would severely stunt the ability for tech workers to leave traditional employment to found a small consulting firm (usually composed of "just them", or perhaps a them and a couple of former colleagues) while simultaneously entrenching the concept of a large, established firm. In short, it would make it much more difficult to transition from "employee" to "business owner" in our industry. That strikes me as a terrible idea.