I quit my salaried day job with the intent of going into startups or consulting. I planned to take a week off, then seriously start looking for contracts, and

I quit my salaried day job with the intent of going into startups or consulting. I planned to take a week off, then seriously start looking for contracts, and if I didn't find anything I'd start looking for a more regular job after a month or two. I was contacted the week I updated my LinkedIn profile to list myself as freelancing. An old friend had a husband who needed help with a big contract he had, and we ended up splitting the work fairly evenly, making good money, and creating a good site for a very large client. I was surprised how easy it was to find contracts. In fact, I haven't had to go hunting for them yet. I'll admit, I've been making less now than I did with my salary, but that's in a big part due to working on a startup on the side.