Would you mind expanding more on your experience? Which type of projects do you work on? What do you do during your time off? How are you doing financially?
I work a regular 9to5 and want to switch to a similar schedule (basically work during the winter and then take every summer off). Sounds nice in theory but I wonder what it actually feels like.
I will start with a biggest downside - it can get lonely at times. With this schedule you can build saas tools, or do client work, but you cannot build a stable business and work relationships with other people really. Your biggest support group is a broad startup community - but not the people you work with on a daily basis.
There is that saying - "If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together" - and it's very much true in terms of this work/lifestyle.
As for types of projects - over the last ~15 years, I've built probably 15 projects ;) Some freelance work at the beginning, then mobile apps around 2012, then I built AppCodes (which was covered by TC, and landed a few times on the HN top page), and I got into crypto very early on, building a few projects in that space (Eveem.org being the most successful and impactful - the page looks like crap, but it did serious waves in the Ethereum community :) ).
Financially - since 32 years old, extremely well, I could retire if I wanted to. But that's mostly because I got into Bitcoin, and then Ethereum very early on.
If not for crypto, AppCodes - a saas for iPhone devs - kept earning me a stable income that I could live off, for 8 years straight (right now the site is still up, but I don't charge people, and it's not working any more really). I think I could earn more off it, and for many more years, if I wanted to. Besides AppCodes, I could monetize Eveem.org extremely easy - it just isn't a priority now.
And besides AppCodes and Eveem, since I did so much stuff with various techs and business, I can charge easily for workshops, or trainings. I do paid gigs once a year, but more for fun than for money :)
I also keep rejecting job offers all the time - the amounts people offer me keep getting higher every year, so I guess that's an objective value of my competencies - more than winning the bet on crypto :D
I work a regular 9to5 and want to switch to a similar schedule (basically work during the winter and then take every summer off). Sounds nice in theory but I wonder what it actually feels like.