I see a lot of my old cow-orkers on LinkedIn listed as "consultants", or owning their own firms. To me, that means they can't get jobs. Oh, the rock stars had n

I see a lot of my old cow-orkers on LinkedIn listed as "consultants", or owning their own firms. To me, that means they can't get jobs. Oh, the rock stars had no trouble. But (to be unfair) the "B" level players are falling by the wayside. Maybe they're not interested? Maybe they're all really consulting and doing well? I don't have enough data. Personally, I'm going to keep programming for a living as long as I can. It's fun (except for the death marches, which I've made a conscious decision to avoid).