My wife's cousin has been doing it in the DC area for years. When its good, its good. But he has had some scary times. In todays world though, sometimes its scary anyway! I think his opinion is the good outweighs the bad. Hope that helps. Charlie
Now this story is about locality. Here almost everything is iffy because it is rural and very expensive to bring in any new service. My stepson was offered a job for 6 months at a start up at a oil reclamation business (restaurants and fast food service oil). It lasted about 9 months. Then he did contract work for some music (big names) production companies and it lasted about 6 months. He made a lot of contacts and ended up with a dream job at the areas biggest hospital, and loves it (I think we get a discount on heart transplants). The point I think I am trying to make is I would hesitate to do contract work in really rural areas.
I say go for it. Change is scary but if you're good at what you do, good things will happen. A few years down the road you'll probably say,"what took me so long to do this". Leave your current job on good terms though, just in case.
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