[hjadal]

When working six months a year how are the work months spaced out? 6 months on and 6 off? Or every other month?

It sounds like a very interesting (and appealing) way of living life.

[sriram_malhar]

Mostly six months on, then off. I never learnt to have a work-life balance, so I still tend to go all out when I do take up any work, but on average over a year, I have terrific work-life balance :) I've written about this and about joining a PhD as a much older student on HN, so check my post history.