<div dir="ltr">Sam,<br><br>You mentioned city, and that /is/ important -- $50k is high on the hog in Podunk, Nebraska, but barely above poverty in San Francisco (I keed, I keed.... well, kind of..)<br><br>But more than that, there's the freedom trade-off. You (generally) don't keep your own schedule anymore, but you don't have to worry about all the administrative stuff, you get to work with a team, you can usually get bigger and more interesting projects, and so on and so on.<br>
<br>Some people value keeping their own schedule above all else. Some people just love the challenge of freelancing. Some people prefer to worry about the technical work and leave the sales and bookkeeping to others.<br><br>
There are a lot of on-one-hand-on-the-other-hand questions to ask yourself about a full-time gig, above and beyond the take-home pay.<br><br>Domenic Santangelo<br>WorkHabit<br>What's your habit?<br>866-WorkHabit<br><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Stephen Wills <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:developer@blessedherbs.com">developer@blessedherbs.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I like to think of myself as always slightly better than my last<br>
project because I solved a new thing or learned a new thing and<br>
always know what thing not to do in the future.<br>
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The fine whine of consultancy ;)<br>
Steve<br>
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On Sep 16, 2008, at 1:50 PM, Dave Terry wrote:<br>
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> Keep in mind, Drupal is a very commoditized business (you're only<br>
> as good as<br>
> your last project),<br>
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> Dave Terry<br>
> Mediacurrent<br>
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