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I think it's great that he's accomplished this -- but he acts like he inventing Consulting, and is the first to live a beach life (or whatever one's paradise is
by eplanit 5y ago
I think it's great that he's accomplished this -- but he acts like he inventing Consulting, and is the first to live a beach life (or whatever one's paradise is) as a result. That's been a thing for decades now, especially for that 30-45 year old sweet-spot-o-life phase he's in. I'm glad for him, sincerely, regardless.
However, he does deserve to get bitten by clients who read his article and get offended by the (very immature and very unprofessional) condescension towards clients and their "silly ideas" that he _blogs_ about.
- vsareto 5y agoThis stuff probably gets easy once you have 20 years of experience you can show to potential clients like he does. Once you have that, you can attract other senior people to your lifestyle business, which seems like what has happened: https://www.expatsoftware.com/services.html https://www.expatsoftware.com/services.html Even with 6 years personally, going to clients on your own is intimidating
- alexr243 5y agoYeah that may be true in most cases, but I think it's possible with much less experience. This is anecdotal, but I graduated college a couple of months ago and I've been freelancing for the past year and a half in my free time by building things for crypto startups. It's a (little bit) niche, but it's worked out well for me and I'm on track to pay off my student loans from my freelance work while also working full time. I think you just need to go for it. I don't really have much formal experience (3 SWE internships in college), and I've been able to make good hourly rates at $50-100 an hour for my time.