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I'm in the situation of being both a FTE at a medium sized company, and generate a fair amount (on track for $60k this year) as a freelance dev. I've been gett

I'm in the situation of being both a FTE at a medium sized company, and generate a fair amount (on track for $60k this year) as a freelance dev. I've been getting busier and busier on the side, to the point where I'm wondering if I have to choose one or the other. While I was familiar with the 4-day work week concept, I hadn't really considered that an option for myself until I came across this discussion. My work/life balance has obviously suffered by running a business while working as an employee, but the opportunity has been too great to say no to. I know that the rate of work I've been doing the past year isn't sustainable. I'm intrigued by the idea of working ~32 hours to try and balance that.

Jemaclus 11y ago
One of my best friends does this. He's a FTE at a medium-sized company, and his freelance work is approaching his normal FTE salary (which is already considerable, imo). He's been so overworked with the freelance stuff that he's been considering cutting it down. What he wound up doing was hiring a bookkeeper (online service) to manage invoices, taxes, etc, and a virtual assistant (zirtual.com I think) to respond to emails and such. He's been doing both for about a month, and he's cut back his hours immensely while still making the same amount of money. If you're concerned about having to choose, you might want to look into hiring virtual assistants to help you out. Good luck! Personally, I'm jealous. I can't stand dealing with clients and I'm not disciplined enough to make anywhere close to 60K/year on freelance work. Keep it up (as long as you're happy)!