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If that's what you think after reading articles like this, then you are absolutely right. Some people aren't wired to work for themselves, and they are better o

• jrockway 18y ago
  Consulting is not the only way to "work for yourself". Income from consulting scales linearally with the time you put into it. Considering there are only 24 hours in a day and that you need to sleep every so often, you tend to hit a wall with respect to income. This is why people want to avoid consulting; it is an endless march of death. There is no way to get ahead. Anyway, making a product is the way to scale past $WAKING_HOURS. I have only written a book so far, but even that provides some income. It is nice to see royalty checks a year and a half after I've written the book. I would almost call it free money, and that's the best kind :)
  • gaius 18y ago
    Income from consulting scales linearally with the time you put into it While that is true, there's no need for your value/hour to be fixed. E.g. if you're worth $x/hr to implement something from scratch for one customer, you ought to be worth $n*x/hr to do the same or similar work for another, since now you have experience, reusable code, a reputation, etc. There is a limit obviously, but it's not clear when you start what exactly it might be.