Freelancer for life – 5 reasons why this works
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But I'm a software consultant; mostly I do "Greenfield Development", that is, writing entire applications completely from scratch. It's fascinating work but so painful that I would not wish software consulting upon my worst enemy.
For quite some time now I've been struggling to get out of consulting, and into a regular job where I can work in and office among coworkers.
Just making that statement in an interview, in reply to their query as to why I want to give up consulting, is absolutely all I require to be turned down for the job.
It is profoundly frustrating.
I'm a better coder than I used to be, so the software development itself is easier than it once was. But what was very hard was that after the dot-com crash, the clients always demanded fixed-cost contracts, they were never willing to pay hourly any more.
If I ran into an unexpected obstacle, I'd have to eat the cost of it. I always completed on my deliverables, as I regard that as the ethical thing to do. Even if I didn't, I had my reputation to consider.
Until then, I hang out at wifi spots but it is uncommon to find other coders at any of them.