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Question for my forum mates.
Would you look for a £70-80k remote job (programming) if what you're currently doing was not making money and didn’t look like it would for at least another 6 months?
Some context
Ultimate goal: be free by having my living expenses (nothing crazy) covered by a lifestyle business and/or investments (e.g. real estate). Ideally within the next 5-10 years. Probably what many people here wants.
Current situation:
I have other options in mind to work full-time (freelancing, building some software agency, being patient and carry on with my current projects, etc.), but I think it’s fair to consider the remote job option while working on my stuff on the side, as long as I can get one in those £70-80k ranges, which is 3x the average salary here.
This is from the perspective that I like programming, so hopefully wouldn’t be a soul-crushing job for me. I hate the rigid 9-5 Mon-Fri schedule and working on making someone else rich for a paycheck, but apart from that it’s not too bad. I would miss my current freedom a lot and would leave me with far less time for building a business that eventually frees me up, but I guess there’s a point (salary in this case) at which this option needs to be considered.
What would you do in my case?
Would you look for a £70-80k remote job (programming) if what you're currently doing was not making money and didn’t look like it would for at least another 6 months?
Some context
Ultimate goal: be free by having my living expenses (nothing crazy) covered by a lifestyle business and/or investments (e.g. real estate). Ideally within the next 5-10 years. Probably what many people here wants.
Current situation:
- Left a healthy job abroad last year, moved back with parents to reduce expenses, and started working on my own projects. Those are making peanuts at best, and looks like it’d take a while until they do.
- Thinking about buying a house before the next real estate bubble starts pumping and have to wait for 7-10 years to burst and correct. The big correction after the 2008 crash finished during 2015-2016 and prices are going up (although it seems like they’re going to raise less for the next few years).
I have other options in mind to work full-time (freelancing, building some software agency, being patient and carry on with my current projects, etc.), but I think it’s fair to consider the remote job option while working on my stuff on the side, as long as I can get one in those £70-80k ranges, which is 3x the average salary here.
This is from the perspective that I like programming, so hopefully wouldn’t be a soul-crushing job for me. I hate the rigid 9-5 Mon-Fri schedule and working on making someone else rich for a paycheck, but apart from that it’s not too bad. I would miss my current freedom a lot and would leave me with far less time for building a business that eventually frees me up, but I guess there’s a point (salary in this case) at which this option needs to be considered.
What would you do in my case?
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