[scarface74]

All of those problems can easily be solved if you have marketable skills, live in a major metroplitsn city (not necessarily SV) and a strong network of trusted recruiters.

I don’t worry about “marketing”. I send an email out to 10-12 recruiters and they find jobs for me relatively fast at market rates. Most give you the choice of working for them either as Corp-2-Corp at a higher rate or as a W2 employee and they take care of employment taxes (the employees half of FICA), you can get insurance through them etc.

The real advantage of W2 contracting over FTE is that you actually get paid for every hour you work and you can “job hop” without being considered a job hopper.