[temp246810]

Thanks for the detailed response. You certainly have an optimistic way of looking at the situation.

My problem is that I'm 32- the way I see it is I have 3-4 more years of going balls to the wall before my wife starts popping out kids and I'd really hate to waste this time doing low level unchallenging work.

The funny thing is I can see myself 10 years down the line WISHING I had a job just like this.

[danielvf]

Haha. I know the feeling.

I've been offered these kinds of jobs at BigCo's and turned them all down. I just do solo coding from the house. I get to define my own projects, use my own tools, and set my own hours. Most importantly, if I don't like a customer, I can just never work for them again after that project. This keeps my life full of working with people I enjoy working with.