Re:Ask HN: Strategies to land fully remote $250k+ job
by PragmaticPulp on Sunday December 19, 2021 @10:00AM
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> Sounds like he has a steady client that accommodates as many hours as he likes at that rate, and has done so for a dozen years.
It sounds like he’s basically been employed by this one company for 11 years, albeit on a contract basis.
These positions exist, but they’re not all that common. Usually if a company is paying a single person a premium for many years they’ll just hire a full-time person and be done. The average freelance contract you find should not be assumed to be a decade-long opportunity.
I imagine he has covered his business development expense by now.
This is how I do it too, by the way. Long term relationships with good companies. It's more like contracting, but without the 40h expectations of a contractor. ( Unless I feel like working 40 hours in a given week for some reason).