# Self-Employed back to Permanent Employment

DevFeed: [Self-Employed back to Permanent Employment](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/self-employed-back-to-permanent-employment-34962.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://tmsd.substack.com/p/self-employed-back-to-permanent-employment>)

Author: Richard Donovan

Published: 2024-08-09T14:13:32Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [The Modern Software Developer](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-modern-software-developer.md>)

Topics: [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [employment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/employment.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [mental-health](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mental-health.md>), [software-developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-developer.md>)

## AI overview

A software architect reflects on a three-year period as a mindset coach for software engineers and leaders, including its achievements and challenges. They conclude that market conditions and limited demand for mindset coaching have led them to seek permanent employment again, while rejecting the idea that the experience was a failure.

## Source excerpt

Was it all just one giant failure?