I stopped working around 2000, because I knew commodities especially metals, were too cheap, Gold at $250/oz, and dopey/dollar was too high at 120, and had a good run to 2012-13. Rocky ride afterward. Plus all the few companies I free lanced for were closing down. Just one still open with gov’t jobs. I used to visit an old employer up until recently.
George, originally Lindy Sheet Metal, he went bankrupt at least 3-4 times different company names. He always quoted low to get work in, then couldn’t pay suppliers or laser machinery payments. They recently repossessed his main machine. He was always trying to make me come back to work.