[notyourwork]

I think this is a bait and switch for what they are selling. Devs don't take this the wrong way but I think this site is for mediocre engineering talent to get freelance jobs without changing their geographic position. Like you mentioned, why would a great engineer working at a big name company with plenty of options switch to this type of situation.

Freelance world is brutal, milestones are hard to quantify and the constant churn of a project from dev to dev will almost certainly result in poor architectural decisions.

I think there is a small amount of top engineers who might like this option if they wanted some time off but also wanted to work from time to time. Take a few months off, pick up a project, repeat.

However, as someone who works at a big name tech company I see no reason to leave my job and more specifically stocky equity unless they were paying 2x or 3x my base salary.

[jypepin]

Ability to work the hours you want, part time, from wherever you want? I assume most people who decide to go freelancing is not for the steady money but for the freedom.