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Do contracting and consulting really pay reliably more than salaried work? In either case it seems like programmers make enough money to save up living expense
by astrofinch 15y ago
Do contracting and consulting really pay reliably more than salaried work?
In either case it seems like programmers make enough money to save up living expenses if they only lived like people in blue-collar professions. I saved enough money from my summer coding internship for many months runway easily. ($3000 a month from my internship plus a $3000 stipend; both after taxes; $1000 a month estimated burn rate based on $750 a month for rent and utilities and ~$5 daily food budget by buying all of my food from the dollar store.)
- Egregore 15y agoWhen consulting doesn't pay it gives you time to work on your project.
- astrofinch 15y agoAll that really matters is how much you get paid per hour right? If high paying hours were easier to come by through salaried work, you could just work at a job with a salary for a year and then quit.