[berniedurfee]

I’ve considered independent contracting many times in my career. But I just could never get past the possibility of the stress of being in between gigs.

[andai]

Did you read the article? What about the stress of being in between jobs? You have a single point of failure that's outside your control.

With contracting, you can take as many clients as you can handle, and you'd have to lose all your clients simultaneously to end up in an equivalent position.

[berniedurfee]

That’s still a greater risk though. If you end up in the position where you do lose all your clients simultaneously, it can be catastrophic.

I suppose it’s also the hustle of finding new clients that never interested me much.