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Being your own boss isn't all it's made out to be. You think you will have all the time in the world but in reality you are on call 24/7 so never completely off

• dekhn 5y ago
  Not exactly; my work will just be an extension of my existing hobbies (CNC, mathematical explorations, machine learning, etc) and I've learned to scale back my expectations so that there's nothing I have to worry about when I leave the garage at night. I certainly wouldn't be working to make money or anything. I don't even etsy my CNC stuff (though I could) because I don't want to turn my hobbies into a "job"
• theamk 5y ago
  Not every industry requires being 24/7 on-call -- just stay away from the web stuff, and regular business hours become much more common. There are still "crunch" time when a customer wants you to work 120 hours a week but this is a question of being able to say "no"... which is much easier if you have enough money in the bank to retire anytime.
• cercatrova 5y ago
  Depends on the type of job. Making a new mission critical SaaS app? Sure, you're on call. But if you're making some small websites or blogs, or even outside of the tech space in something like carpentry, you can take all the time you want. It's really about whether you have customers or not, and what kinds of customers they are.