10,000 house seems like an awful big investment for a plan B. Granted, much of that time will be paid for, but you would still need to spend a lot of time learn

10,000 house seems like an awful big investment for a plan B. Granted, much of that time will be paid for, but you would still need to spend a lot of time learning the plan B. That then leaves one skill on the side while you are using the other skill. Again, not the best investment. As a solid PHP developer, if you aren't as solid on the front-end, then that's a great direction to go. An ace HTML / JS / CSS developer will have no problem finding work, especially as the front-end gets more complex and gets asked to do more. This would be a great enhancement to your tool-set rather than a replacement. Otherwise, I would be looking at things which could bring in an alternative income. For example, you could build an add-on for Wordpress which you could sell while also boosting your profile in the Wordpress community. You may not want to do Wordpress work, but that could be another source if your other sources dried up. There's lots of other things you could do also. The possibilities are endless. You should try to break out of your comfort zone of doing dev work to bring in other sources of income. I can sense the fear, uncertainty and doubt in your post. You should embrace the chaos, kick your creativity into gear and try some different things. Chaos and change is good, it shakes things up and creates new opportunities.