Freelance Business / Systems Analyst
Are you happy doing it? Love it… but only since I’ve been freelance. I’m reaping hard won rewards now (completely self trained, ‘worked my way up’ so to speak – and had a few soul destroying jobs on the way). Now I’m never sorry that it’s 6am on a Monday, some days I’m really excited about going to work
Would you considering a change of career? Not at present, but for years I’ve wanted to work with green wood – building oak framed structures, or living in the woods making sticks etc… However, 2 kids and a lovely wife, and a job I love, mean I’m happy to leave those ideas till I’m 50 odd…..
Does it pay enough for you to mtb comfortably? I never work more than 40 hours a week, and can basically buy any bike or kit I want to… so I guess the answer is yes… But I make sure most weekends I’m around with the kids, so for me ‘comfortably’ means compromise. I can’t do a seasons racing, or every uplift that’s arranged… much as I want to, but I get along. Look forward to a week in the Alps and 4 uplifts + 5 races in 2013…