My motivations for consulting is more flexibility in my schedule and get the chance to build more projects from the ground up.
I have a fairly broad and deep set of skills. My principle background is infrastructure and distributed systems. Some of those systems are very large. I'm comfortable with Java, Go, Python and infrastructure tooling (docker, kubernetes, CI/CD, etc). I have a deep understanding of security models (network, application, AWS IAM, etc).
I love nothing more than bootstrapping complicated infrastructure. I have a start-to-finish, project-based mindset. I've always worked well independently or with a team. I THINK I'd enjoy consulting, but am I just fooling myself?
What's it like out there for people like me? What does it realistically take to get a stable income stream? How do I get started?