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This should be way more common: "What I want is personal freedom to do what I want to do. I live on on a $20,000/year salary because I can choose when and wher
by goldvine 13y ago
This should be way more common: "What I want is personal freedom to do what I want to do.
I live on on a $20,000/year salary because I can choose when and where I work. I can take the morning off and work late. I can work in the morning and take the evening off. I can travel for months at a time while working on my startup—like I did on a three month trip through Europe a few years ago, and planning to again this fall."
- limedaring 13y agoAuthor here. Some updates: I raised my salary to $25k, and just finished that trip I mentioned — three months living/working in Belgium, Germany, and Prague. Happy to answer any questions about working abroad or anything else!
- kirk21 13y agoHow did you like the Belgian beers? Living in Ghent (but in Berlin atm).
- limedaring 13y agoLove Belgian beer, love German beer, love American micro-brews, pretty much love every beer. It's rather ridiculous.
- pmarsh 13y agoCurious how old you are now (guessing 26).
- limedaring 13y ago29!
- pit 13y agoHow do you pay for healthcare when/if you're in the U.S.?
- limedaring 13y agoI have a sub-$100/month bandaid insurance from Anthem that includes 4 checkup visits a year, has been more than sufficient.
- k-mcgrady 13y agoI find that often that freedom comes at a cost (I could make more at a big company, when on a deadline I might have to work long hours - I can't switch off at 5pm -, and ocassionaly relying on yourself rather than a fixed salary can be stressful) but for me those occasional disadvantages are much outweighed by the freedom of time. 90% of the time I can choose when, where and what I work on. Your choice depends on what you value more.