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by dhsysusbsjsi 539 days ago
Yes and it was one of the best years of my life. I made more money from submitting vulnerability assessments than my day job. I’m structuring my life to do this again.

You get a little lonely as you don’t get the social fix from hanging out with work folk.

Overall the health benefits are immense. Both mental and physical as you have more time to look after yourself.

The success comes in the form of creating a void for opportunities to present themselves. I ended up doing things I never thought I’d do. Some were fun nothing burgers, and others were financially successful. The important thing is I got all my daily chores done first and only coded if I was “bored”. Coding/hacking came last.