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Try freelancing or consulting? When you do your passion as an actual 'job' it'll kill you. But do it on your own terms and you can have your cake and eat it to

• djellybeans 4y ago
  I've freelanced and contracted for about 10 years before the 2.5 years time of no work. When I had work, it didn't do so well for me. Barely made good income, and it's so much freedom, to a fault. No safety nets. You need to be especially proactive to make it work for you, more than a regular job. I did the bare minimum. I was picking off contract gigs for small business, and for below body shop prices. The most I ever made in one year was $50k. In my worst years I made under $10k. It also turned me into an "expert beginner" because I worked in isolation, I was still living in the now, and my clients have been small with little to no exposure to a strong technical culture. You need a lot of hustling and "working your network" to rise above that. At this point, it's killed my drive and want to go back to the relative safety of FT work.