I work as a web developer in Sweden, usually charge around $100/hour and only take assignments longer than 1 month. That rate lets me take 45 days off to trave

I work as a web developer in Sweden, usually charge around $100/hour and only take assignments longer than 1 month. That rate lets me take 45 days off to travel and work on my own projects for every month of work I do for someone else. Since the marginal tax rate is around 60% in Sweden it makes more sense to exchange higher income for more free time. Since I am a lousy negotiator I almost always work as a subcontractor though agencies. They suggest assignments and I choose which ones to accept.