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Re:Macroeconomic Changes Have Made It Impossible for Me to W... by berniedurfee on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @10:13AM (#34519172)
I’ve considered independent contracting many times in my career. But I just could never get past the possibility of the stress of being in between gigs.
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Re:Macroeconomic Changes Have Made It Impossible for Me to W... by andai on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @11:41AM (#34520497)
Did you read the article? What about the stress of being in between jobs? You have a single point of failure that's outside your control.

With contracting, you can take as many clients as you can handle, and you'd have to lose all your clients simultaneously to end up in an equivalent position.

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Re:Macroeconomic Changes Have Made It Impossible for Me to W... by berniedurfee on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @03:28PM (#34523730)
That’s still a greater risk though. If you end up in the position where you do lose all your clients simultaneously, it can be catastrophic.

I suppose it’s also the hustle of finding new clients that never interested me much.

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