After freelancing for years and doing well, would you consider a full time job? It's really hard to give up the flexibility of freelance, but... also hard to give up having a 401k match again. Salary would be similar to freelance money, but less time off. Thoughts?

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I just left successful freelancing for an in-house position. I liked the company, the work, and the people, plus it was something kinda new I wanted to try. My thought process was if it didn’t work out, I could always go back to freelancing, so it’s really not a huge risk.

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