When should you quit your job to go self-employed? The numbers to check first
“Save a cushion and wait until you have clients” is the advice that gets repeated everywhere, and it doesn’t help you decide anything: how big a cushion? How many clients? Billing how much? Leaving a fixed salary for your own business is a decision you can put off forever if you never turn it into concrete numbers. Here are the three that actually matter, and a way to test the water without having to choose between your salary and the leap.