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Feeedom

Written by matt on July 10th, 2007

For many Americans, the 4th of July reminds them of their freedom.

Since I didn't grow up in the US, for the 4th of July was a great occasion for a BBQ with friends and enjoying fireworks.

However, things changed this year when I decided to leave my full time job as Rails developer to become a consultant and work with my own clients.

freedom

Just after July the 4th, I started working full time as a contractor and I really like it. I've been working on some projects as a consultant in the past but I found myself often frustrated by the fact that I couldn't spend enough time on a project a once.

I seriously enjoy working with different people, different needs, different approaches. Learning from all these people is very valuable to me.

Working from home comes at a price though, I need to deal with taxes, health coverage and the rest of the paperwork.... but come on, being able to work from your deck and have flexible hours is priceless ;)

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  • Dr Nic on 11 Jul 00:23

    "flexible hours" = work as many as you like btw 12 and 18 a day :P Congrats on going it alone!

  • Matt on 12 Jul 22:52

    Thanks Nic, yeah... I do work too much at the moment.. hopefully I'll be able to find a good balance and work only 8-10 hours a day :)

  • Olivier on 19 Jul 00:23

    Salut ! Juste un message en français car mon anglais est trop limité (à la programmation ;) Moi aussi je suis à mon compte mais en France ... Travailler des chez soi est une fausse liberté à mon avis ... en effet, rien ne m'interdit de partir au bord de la mer un jeudi après midi (et oui j'habites dans le sud de la France) mais d'un autre côté je suis loin, même trés loin des 35h (en moyenne 14h/jour) et tout ça pour être moins bien payé que lorsque l'on est salarié ... mais la pation l'emporte !! Je développe en ruby depuis un an ... j'ai abandonné PHP pour me consacrer à 100% à rails ... mais je n'ai pas encore eu le temps de vraiment y rentrer dedans (création de plugins, etc...) Bon courage pour la suite

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