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Yes, me. Been doing it for a couple of months, although I started contracting 3 months ago.

Key points:

1. It's hard. Get a calendar and worship it.

2. It works only if:

A. Your contracting is earning enough to pay the bills. Otherwise you'll be stressed beyond belief (because you'll be failing at 2 things simultaneously).

B. You force non-contract time to do startup. Doing it on the side/evenings/weekends doesn't work. I average 3-4 days a week contracting and working on startup a bit daily with guaranteed 2-3 full days a week. Yes it eats into the weekend, but you'll be 100% ok with that!

Happy to talk more if you want by email. Drop me a line.




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