[amyjess]

> maybe that's possible if you manage to stay current in a sane niche, frontend js is not

Good thing my career has nothing to do with frontend js. Most of my background is in platform & infrastructure, and I'm currently in NMS... I'll be happy if I never touch web/social/mobile.

I can see myself doing NMS for a telecom for many more years.

> build your own base of clients

That's incompatible with the idea of being a 9-5er working for a large company, which is specifically what I want to do for the rest of my life.

> it will be hard to allow for a consumeristic life-style.

Well, I'm currently living a pretty consumeristic lifestyle right now... I just want to keep sustaining it till I die.