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Re:What I’ve Learned in 45 Years in the Software Industry by breck on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @02:03PM (#25660943)
In the 2000's I did contractor work by myself (and occasionally hired a friend or two to get a project done). It was a disaster. I spent >50% of my time on client, non-technical work. I then joined a ~20 person firm in San Francisco and worked there for a few years purely coding. It was a joy. They had great business people, designers, copy writers, and then about a dozen great engineers, and I could just focus on the code and get paid for that. My hours went down, pay went up, and got to do what I love.

If you are thinking of contracting/consulting, I'd highly recommend joining a diversified team in the 10-100 range so you can do the parts of the work you love and rely on your team for the rest.

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Re:What I’ve Learned in 45 Years in the Software Industry by mcguire on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @05:06PM (#25663279)
Yeah, I no interest in running my own consulting business.

In my case, it was usually a contracting company with 10-100 contractors working for one or more client companies, but the contractor had 0 day-to-day influence on the work I did. (I did try to pick up my paycheck in person and chat with the office staff.)

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