I planned to take a leap 7 years ago and ended up working a 3 day week for the IT firm I worked for and two days on my own tech. 5 years later I left the firm.

I planned to take a leap 7 years ago and ended up working a 3 day week for the IT firm I worked for and two days on my own tech. 5 years later I left the firm. I didn't plan this approach but it turned out to be a good model. I was very naive about how hard it would be to make my own money.