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		codemac on Jan 7, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No meetings, no deadlines, no full-time employees And as a contractor there are significant tax advantages, along with personal growth advantages. I think the big draw back is actually long term total earnings - the big companies in SV still pay order of magnitudes more than that.

randomchars on Jan 8, 2021 [–]

But isn't the big caveat that those companies only pay that in SV, and not in ie Europe? I could earn more in 10h/week at Gumroad then even my most well paid developer friends do here.

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