Jake, you're not alone. This is a common issue among most independent consultants. It's the inherent problem with being a one man company with basically a single service. In the early 2000s when the dotcoms bombed and everything was going overs (from the US to India) it was *not* a good time to be any sort of a programmer. Your rates were cut in half and basically you competed against thousands of developers and engineers who suddenly found themselves on the street.
I think you're doing the right thing, diversify your skill set and services you offer. Why don't you teach? With your credentials and clearly the respect you have here in the yellow-world, I don't think lining up teaching gigs would be that hard and that might be a nice steady stream of income.
Jake, you're not alone. This is a common issue among most independent consultants. It's the inherent problem with being a one man company with basically a single service. In the early 2000s when the dotcoms bombed and everything was going overs (from the US to India) it was *not* a good time to be any sort of a programmer. Your rates were cut in half and basically you competed against thousands of developers and engineers who suddenly found themselves on the street.
I think you're doing the right thing, diversify your skill set and services you offer. Why don't you teach? With your credentials and clearly the respect you have here in the yellow-world, I don't think lining up teaching gigs would be that hard and that might be a nice steady stream of income.