Aim higher. With the market as it is now you can make 110+ per hour as a subcontractor, doing work not much different than a regular employee. Can make much mor

Aim higher. With the market as it is now you can make 110+ per hour as a subcontractor, doing work not much different than a regular employee. Can make much more if you can find your own clients. You can even try to set non “fulltime” hours eg 20-30hrs/week but not all clients will go for that. Also file your taxes as an s-Corp and start a solo 401k. You can contribute much more than a regular salaried employee could