My main clients all pay a monthly retainer for a block of my time. I don't do piecework through eLance or oDesk. My hourly rate puts my annual gross in the same

My main clients all pay a monthly retainer for a block of my time. I don't do piecework through eLance or oDesk. My hourly rate puts my annual gross in the same range as my friends in Silicon Valley. If you want to do projects from scratch or work for startups that's a different situation, and you probably would need to participate with a team. For the kind of work I do it's not important where I am or what I'm wearing.