[rayxi271828]

Internal assessment of self-worth is one thing. But one thing that I noticed while I was between jobs, was that the rest of the world was also built under the assumption that you "had a job".

Sign up for financial anything, they always ask you, which company you're with? What's your title? What's the range of your income?

I don't know if this is the case in the US, but in my country, I couldn't even open a brokerage account because the automated form required an office job. Entering freelancing or anything of some sort will get auto-rejected.

So it is in your face, all the time. And actually at that time I was fortunate enough not to have to worry about bills etc.

[rogerrogerr]

"Consultant" for an LLC you own is a perfectly legit job. I've opened brokerage accounts and bank accounts while in that status.

[thr0w]

You should be able to open a brokerage account. You generally need ~2 years of business history to get a loan.

[ivankra]

Founder & CEO at stealth startup