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I feel like I addressed that pretty clearly, as that number takes into account healthcare and paid vacation and sick time. You do pay a self-employment tax, but I think that's made…

I got a lot of questions about this so I added a paragraph which hopefully helps to address it: "Healthcare is a big and challenging topic, so if you find this to a problematic poi…

Indeed, I used the term freelancing as in my mind it is the parent term of both contracting and consulting. I think "6 months of working for myself" or "6 months of self-employment…

See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4215576 , but just look at what niche skills you have and find markets where those are needed. Generally if they are in demand, putting your…

Pretty much anyone will have specific experience that they can market themselves for. Just think about what you've done in your past few jobs, and you probably know more than 99% o…

I tried to address this in http://mrooney.github.com/blog/2012/07/01/freelancing-a-6-mo... , but let me know you find it lacking!