My biggest error as an international contractor

[alfosua]

One of my biggest errors as an international contractor was becoming an international employee. That's it. Now my "employers" are wanting me to relocate to their country, Spain—which is a very good proposal when you know where I currently am.

Heck! this might be part of the plan if it could have happened with at least a UK company. In that case, I would know I wouldn't need to relocate anymore in the future because it's there where I want to make my projects.

Now, you see me searching for my replacement and restructuring my work to make me less indispensable. I want more to quit now, though I don't want to make them lose for no reason. In some effect, they have become my friends, and their company is still too small to afford surprises.

I have been preparing to quit once I started getting customers in my other project (I haven't got the first yet) and they have gotten another developer. Now it seems I have to do it quickly before relocation becomes inevitable. But everything is still uncertain. And the reason I am horrified is that it would be very stupid to not leave my country.

I don't know if this is an opportunity to get access to a better market, or a detour of my intents and purposes.

 

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[peddletothemetal]

I don't follow, why not accept the relocation since you say that's a good opportunity, and continue your other work regardless?

 

[alfosua]

I don't follow, why not accept the relocation since you say that's a good opportunity, and continue your other work regardless?

Hmm, I didn't evaluated that