[orky56]

Since you're only working 3 months per year & assuming those are consecutive, how much time/effort do you need to queue up another 3 months of work after being out of the game for 9 months? Having to keep your profile/reputation fresh and letting existing/new clients know seems nearly impossible.

[adamcharnock]

I tend to take on one significant project per year, i.e. on that looks good on the CV. Generally work comes along through word of mouth, but if I'm getting itchy for work I'll start mentioning it to old clients/colleagues etc.

I generally also spend some time off working on my own open source projects too. Reading HN helps me stay up-to-date too :-)

[orky56]

Thanks for sharing. Sounds like you have a very solid reputation and network. Nice job!