[malux85]

Dont do a consultancy, thats selling your time for money, and it scales poorly.

Invent a product, tutorial, or SOMETHING that takes advantage of softwares mega-advantage over other industries: It's basically free to copy, and it's basically free to distribute globally. Neither of those magical properties get used if you're a consultant selling time for money (although will be used by your client, you are capuring near zero value of that)

Selling your time is a mugs game, build a product.

[gregjor]

I hope you perceive the problem with the advice “invent something.” That’s the hard part.

This advice reminds me of an old Monty Python sketch, a TV show about how to be rich. “First you need to make a lot of money!” Then the “being rich” part falls into place.

Selling skills is not a “mug’s game.” Not every path to earning a good income with some freedom has to scale. I do solo freelancing, make a good living, live and travel wherever I want, choose the projects I work on. Mug? Or should I be selling another crap ebook or tutorial video online?

[ericjmorey]

If you sell it as time for money, that's the deal you'll get . If you sell it as value for money, the deal will be different.