It feels really odd that, in the midst of a media barrage of “omg, there are no jobs!”, I’ve just walked out of a well paying, safe and reliable job as a Senior Developer because it wasn’t quite right for me.
Now, I’m not special or unique in making this decision. I didn’t do it first, and I won’t be the last. I wouldn’t even call what I’m doing daring purely because I have way too much respect for people like @chadtomkiss, props man.
My reasoning for going freelance is not for more money, it’s for time. I going to try and equally distribute my time between doing great work for both my clients and myself.
I love what I do, and I guess this is an attempt to keep it what way.
Starting today, I’m going to blog about the grim side of freelancing; Income and taxes.
It sucks so hard that in justifying the decision to go freelance, “where will I find work?” wasn’t even at the forefront of my mind, it was “I’m definately going to get fucked by the tax-man”.
I appreciate that what I write about will be somewhat unique to me and my situation, but hopefully you’ll learn from my mistakes.
Let’s see what happens, eh?