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I work for myself and love it but it isn't for the faint of heart. If you want to work for yourself I recommend first working for other people for 5-10 years—ba
by jaqalopes 4y ago
I work for myself and love it but it isn't for the faint of heart. If you want to work for yourself I recommend first working for other people for 5-10 years—basically, get paid to learn your industry. Then when you can't rise any farther, that's the time to go work for yourself.
Note I'm a person who's relatively less motivated by money, and my idea of successful self-employment is to be a consultant with a very good work-life balance. If you're trying to start a billion-dollar company this advice isn't for you, but I wish you the best of luck.
- silent_cal 4y agoSounds awesome, thanks. It just seems so hard to make this work when you factor in the huge costs of insurance, etc.
- jtrtoo 4y agoThe costs of insurance should be built into your service pricing, just as a traditional employer builds their own employee costs into their pricing.
- sjducb 4y agoI'm spending less than $400/year on liability insurance in case a client sues my company, or if I cause a data breach/loss for them . What insurance are you planning on paying for?
- mxuribe 4y ago@sjducb Would you be willing to kindly share the type insurance that you referenced here, as well as the name of your provider? If you wish, find my email address in my profile and feel free to share that way. Thanks so much!