I recently read patio11 article on pricing for consultants [1] and it encouraged me to think about freelancing/consulting for the first time in my career.
Currently I'm working at a big tech , and I estimate I would need to charge a few hundred dollars an hour (or equivalent) to maintain my income level. However I find it hard to believe clients would pay me that much to fix broken builds or hunt down bugs (a big part of the job now). I'd also be happy to move away from such tasks and into more energizing and valuable work, and increase my potential long term income.
What kind of task do well paid consultant/freelancers do?
[1] https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/09/21/ramit-sethi-and-patrick-mckenzie-on-why-your-customers-would-be-happier-if-you-charged-more/