Same here. I&#x27;ve gone for long periods working primarily for one or two clients, and 1) I made more working part-time than the employees did full-time, 2) I got all the &#x27;fun&#x27; new projects while the employees spent a lot of their time doing maintenance and bug-fixing (which they only asked me to do occasionally once I was a &#x27;trusted&#x27; contractor), 3) I could go on vacations pretty much whenever I wanted.<p>There are plenty of downsides, of course, but it&#x27;s a far cry from the initial fear I had of a life of constantly hunting for clients and constantly playing the &#x27;is my client an asshole &#x2F; will my client pay &#x2F; is my client a micro-manager&#x27;-roulette.