I could not / can not be as brave as Andreas.
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.
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.