I'm someone who values tinkering time greatly and low-hour work weeks (at least WRT "work" work) are a priority. I've gotten to this stage from two different d

I'm someone who values tinkering time greatly and low-hour work weeks (at least WRT "work" work) are a priority. I've gotten to this stage from two different directions: 1. Developing a relationship with a 'principal' consultant who handles client relationships themselves (shielding me from weird hours and stress) but outsources the tech to me (+ other technical freelancers). When this principal consultant has no clients, they still have hours available for their own in-house, entrepreneurial products. 2. Bootstrapping a passive-income web business. I coded a Ruby on Rails application to sell law notes following my law degree. By following the advice here, I figured out how to market it with SEO and AdWords. Much to my amazement, it ended up providing for all my financial needs for over 7 years, sometimes with as little as 4 hours work a month. (Obviously there was a huge upfront investment in getting to that stage.) I've got a YouTube video where I talk more about how I came up with the MVP and what the first few months were like, in case this is a path you're considering too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKXlZz-wbmg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKXlZz-wbmg