1. Hate permanent job.
2. Start consultancy.
3. Spend half the day finding work/collecting bills; other half programming.
4. Eventually find reliable client with long-term project always pays on time.
5. Cancels all other contracts to focus on reliable client.
6. Go to step 1.
"The Imperial Trading Companies such as the various East India Companies should possibly be considered corporate states, being semi-sovereign with the power to wage war and establish colonies."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_republic