Well done, sounds like a great setup you've created for yourself. I'm a manager and looking for a financially viable way out/back. I haven't coded since I left college and and have some small ideas for some side projects, has anyone here hired offshore coders for small projects like an addin for outlook etc?
It was a long time coming. My stint as a manager helped me to make some great relationships, and I know that I helped a lot of other ICs have great careers, and great personal lives. None of us got rich, and there wasn't a whole lot of crazy (until the last couple of years, when we worked with an American startup, and I couldn't shield my team from the dysfunction).
One of my dreams, was to be in a place, where I could create and craft my own work, without having others take steamers onto it. It's personally gratifying, to know that all the "I could do this better if..." stuff was absolutely right.
These days, I have to keep the scope small, and, still, no one is getting rich, but I am pretty chuffed with what I'm doing.
