There would seem to be great uncertainty in how much money
he will make per month.
He does have multiple income streams which is great, but none
of them fixed (I think).
I was a freelance / independent developer for a while, but I worried
far too much about not having work that I wanted to have multiple
projects going at the same time in case one got cancelled / ended.
However, they all kept getting extended, which was good but also bad.
I was working on 3 contracts concurrently.
working from home and working 95% of the day I managed to
to keep then all happy, but it was taking a toll with
stress and no life outside of work.
I was making good money. Yet I was too risk adverse.
Once they had all finished, I ran to a corporate job again.
(which meant turning down several contracts offered)
I think most people on HN are a lot better at handling
being a freelancer and being independent.
it's part personality and attitude and part skill and planning.
(and for me, coming from a country with a strong social support net helps with the attitude at least)
the personality/attitude part for me is, that i grew up with the assurance that no matter how bad it gets, i will always have a safe place to live and enough food to eat. so i am not worried when i am not making money.
this obviously is more difficult in a country where such support doesn't exist. but the skill and planing part applies everywhere. i currently have a financial buffer of more than a year. i have had it for a while, and it's not shrinking. that means i am earning enough each month to cover my expenses. should i stop earning anything, then i'd still have more than a years time to find something new before things get dire. though if possible, now that i have this buffer, i want to try to keep it. if i dip below a years worth of savings, then i want to focus on earning more in order to refill the buffer.
There would seem to be great uncertainty in how much money he will make per month.
He does have multiple income streams which is great, but none of them fixed (I think).
I was a freelance / independent developer for a while, but I worried far too much about not having work that I wanted to have multiple projects going at the same time in case one got cancelled / ended.
However, they all kept getting extended, which was good but also bad.
I was working on 3 contracts concurrently. working from home and working 95% of the day I managed to to keep then all happy, but it was taking a toll with stress and no life outside of work.
I was making good money. Yet I was too risk adverse. Once they had all finished, I ran to a corporate job again. (which meant turning down several contracts offered)
I think most people on HN are a lot better at handling being a freelancer and being independent.