[consulting] How is the market for Drupal talent?

[Jason Flatt]

On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 19:48 -0400, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> Build a customer base for a while, then quit your day job. 
> 
> Don't quit without having tested the water for at least six months,
> and have validated that YOU can make a decent income from YOUR Drupal
> consulting.
> 
> It does not matter what others are doing (or not doing) or where the
> economy is at. What matters is whether YOU can do it or not. The only
> way to be sure is to moonlight/freelance on the side for a while.
> 

This is wise advice, Tao. In addition, whether you CAN do it or not, you
may find that you simply don't WANT the work a freelancer does and the
life he or she leads. There's more to it than just doing the development
work. It would really suck to go crawling back to your current employer
to beg for your old job back, and it might not be there.


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