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   by im_busy 4y ago

   I made a new email if you're interested in chatting imbusyonhackernews at gmail
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   by im_busy 4y ago

   Nah, though I should exercise more, but that's mostly just me being lazy.
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   by im_busy 4y ago

   All my clients come from my network, not through my full time job.
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   by im_busy 4y ago

   I charge a flat retainer every 2 weeks that gives a client the ability to give me work if they need stuff done, and the ability to call me in the middle of the night if things go down. I've never had an issue balancing it; after the in
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   by im_busy 4y ago

   Cash comp is around 800K pre tax, to me it's worth it; I'm able to push tons of cash into my retirement accounts and do things like purchase a vacation home. I've been doing it for the past few years, and it hasn't had a
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   by im_busy 4y ago

   Couple of other important points: * the full time and contracting gigs are in separate time zones, which helps time management. * I only actually work ~45-50 hours a week total, but all work is complete. * I only take on work that aligns. I
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   by im_busy 4y ago

   I currently have 1 full time job, 1 full time contracting, and 4 clients that pay me a retainer for a set amount of hours they can use week to week. It's going fine; I measure that based on my performance reviews all being excellent, m