I think it's uncommon because most people just aren't very good at programming, but more importantly, most people can't imagine work not working for The Man. I probably work a lot more than most people, once my personal projects are taken into account, but most people wouldn't count that work as legitimate because--for some reason--they only see work-for-pay as legitimate.
Maybe it's a vestige of a pseudofeudalistic time in which one measured their worth relative to the worth of their master. "You plow the fields owned by IBM? Well! My lord and master is GOOGLE. He makes your puny duchy look like PeopleSoft. FOR THE EMPIRE!!!"
My rates are in the same ballpark as the person above, I have a small number of regular clients, I try not to work more than 30 hours a week. I could work more if I wanted to. Instead, I'm working on side-projects that are more fun, and some of them could turn into businesses eventually.
My take-home pay is higher than it was working 50+ hours for salary at the hotshot San Francisco success story where I was working last year -- and I don't even have Bay Area clients, at the moment. People in Oregon and Washington are paying me this well.
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great situation to be in but thats actually not that common
I think it's uncommon because most people just aren't very good at programming, but more importantly, most people can't imagine work not working for The Man. I probably work a lot more than most people, once my personal projects are taken into account, but most people wouldn't count that work as legitimate because--for some reason--they only see work-for-pay as legitimate.
Maybe it's a vestige of a pseudofeudalistic time in which one measured their worth relative to the worth of their master. "You plow the fields owned by IBM? Well! My lord and master is GOOGLE. He makes your puny duchy look like PeopleSoft. FOR THE EMPIRE!!!"
My rates are in the same ballpark as the person above, I have a small number of regular clients, I try not to work more than 30 hours a week. I could work more if I wanted to. Instead, I'm working on side-projects that are more fun, and some of them could turn into businesses eventually.
My take-home pay is higher than it was working 50+ hours for salary at the hotshot San Francisco success story where I was working last year -- and I don't even have Bay Area clients, at the moment. People in Oregon and Washington are paying me this well.
Heh, I had some clients in Oregon for a while.