If you want to freelance, the option of starting a company to do consulting is not to be dismissed. There's a difference between an individual and a company, ev

If you want to freelance, the option of starting a company to do consulting is not to be dismissed. There's a difference between an individual and a company, even if it's only you. You could have very large organizations, including government entities, as clients which may not be thay easy to do if you are an individual. Repeat business is also interesting. The amounts you could charge are also so far apart. Whatever you imagine, multiply it by ten and go from there. It depends the field, too. When you speak, it's the company, not the person who likes confinement because they feel so productive and have so much energy. It's the legal entity. There are projects that practically one individual can do in less than a year for which you can charge a huge company say $300,000 to do. Depending your current salary, this can be a step down, though. One caveat: not forgetting it's a company helps.