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Good post! I think the gradual transition you were able to do from salary -> consulting -> software products is very important and not the norm (mainly being ab

Good post! I think the gradual transition you were able to do from salary -> consulting -> software products is very important and not the norm (mainly being able to keep part of your salary while doing some consulting on the side). The only people I've seen able to do that are VPs or C-suite. I'm below those rungs. So I'm quitting my job to go "all in" on the consulting. (But I've been prepping and will make sure things line up so I can hit the ground running.) All of this is to say, I think that transition either during or after salary work is the super important part that I see everyone gloss over. My goal is to make a fraction of my salary with consulting for the first couple years, focus just on that, and eventually shift my focus to software products.

w10-1 2y ago
With consulting, you're responsible for finding and securing all your opportunities. With work, they're fed to you (at volume!). Don't underestimate the opportunity cost of any decision. Right now with such broad tech+business awareness, being at the right place at the right time is pretty much your only differentiator. So perhaps consulting will lead organically to the best opportunity, but often opportunity is gated by access to a good team, reasonable infrastructure, and most importantly good customers with leading-edge problems.