> Programmers who think freelancing will free them up from annoying human contact and non-technical stuff will probably not like freelancing. It requires some m

> Programmers who think freelancing will free them up from annoying human contact and non-technical stuff will probably not like freelancing. It requires some marketing, self-promotion, talking to customers, making decisions with incomplete information, constant communication. Or, in the words of one business writer, "If you want to be a cowboy, get a job". Subcontracting is more business than people often think, when they are outside looking in.