How stressful can a paid side project be?

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Published on 2011-01-04T19:28:34Z Indexed on 2011/01/05 0:57 UTC
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I have developed several side projects for my pleasure at home after my daily job hours and I have never been under pressure with them because you know, if it does not work It can be fixed tomorrow with no rush.

I'm tempted to start a paid side project with a contractor and I would like to know, from your experience, if it could be bearable or too stressful.

With this paid project I can decide the total amount of hours work in a week upfront and, speaking of my daily job, it has peeks of stressful weeks but also quiet days.

How stressful can be a paid side project?

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