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That sounds great! I think I should have clarified in my post that I worked for one of the big 5 consulting firms here in the US. It was a salaried job. Independent consulting is much more entrepreneurial and I imagine you have quite a bit more freedom that way.

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Of course on the other hand there's a lot more uncertainty and you have to hustle all your own clients and deal with billing etc. But the payoffs are substantial if you can make it work.

I think the only thing that would make me consider a full-time salaried job again is a family to support.

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