Thread: Any Self-employed Consultants Out There?

Responsibility or skill/knowledge does not and never has determined pay

A friend is the MD of a finance company. His brother has a bottle shop near a train station. Which one earns more? The brother with the bottle shop by a good margin

Originally Posted by scarry

But a brick layer may have a lot shorter career due to the physical work he/she does than someone like yourself(just as an example).

I remember a good mate, who ran his own vet clinic for close to 50yrs,saying his brother,a builder,made more money than he did,and retired a lot earlier.

I agree. Still, this is what I have been doing for the last couple of years. I had a significant setback the last couple of months so I took on another well paid job in an environment I used to love but has gotten a bit... well nevermind, that is not PG rated Anyway, The plan is to take the set back on the nose and soldier on and still make a 5 year RTW trip, we'll just start a year later. Me being self employed made it possible to do so in the first place. So, in stead of retiring early, I am taking an advance on it to see the world whilst I still can. Same thing really, different implementation.

Cheers,
-P