I'll happily talk about it with everyone who'd like to know. Also I firmly believe I am overpaid (as a freelance software engineer in germany) compared to peopl

I'll happily talk about it with everyone who'd like to know. Also I firmly believe I am overpaid (as a freelance software engineer in germany) compared to people in other fields such as for example social workers or most hospital staff and even compared to my employed peers. I find it difficult to express that without it sounding like a brag. This year, so far I have made about 120k Euros (in profit before taxes - will be about 140k by the end of the year) from one full time project in which they couldn't staff enough developers. The FTE in that same project make between 75k and 85k. Talking about it helps me put things into perspective and has led to a few of my colleagues reconsider their employment. Now, having trippled my income by becoming a freelancer has actually not changed my lifestyle at all and I save up about 75-80% of my money to buy a house someday. I have not been met with open toxicity about it yet and I don't expect my current streak of luck to last forever.