I worked with a few contractors who had what I thought was a great solution.
They would work IT contracting 8-9 months a year and during the other months, would do another job. One case, the chap was a waters-king instructor and did that in the summer as he loved it. Another was a Ski instructor and in both cases, they enjoyed their side-gigs more.
For me, I thought that was brilliant, an ideal balance and best of both worlds kinda approach to the problem.
They would work IT contracting 8-9 months a year and during the other months, would do another job. One case, the chap was a waters-king instructor and did that in the summer as he loved it. Another was a Ski instructor and in both cases, they enjoyed their side-gigs more.
For me, I thought that was brilliant, an ideal balance and best of both worlds kinda approach to the problem.
[EDIT funny spelling mistake - Ski instructor - not skin :-]