long term

So you are hoping for a raise I see.

I would hope that most people would take the $10k/month as most people in the world don't make that in the end.

id go for the stable income

Stable income.

Id have to go for the stable

id go for the horse ....

Stable & little to no work, I'll take. Stable and 40+ hours a week, forget it.

Right now my income falls into the instable category anyways. The projects I thought were stable, small income, and low maintanance turned out not to bed. Forget it, if I am going to be working anyways I want to be able to make as much money as possible. Except for the carpel tunnel, I don't think this is any harder for me than if I was working at McDonalds.

Stable & little to no work, I'll take. Stable and 40+ hours a week, forget it.

Right now my income falls into the instable category anyways. The projects I thought were stable, small income, and low maintanance turned out not to bed. Forget it, if I am going to be working anyways I want to be able to make as much money as possible. Except for the carpel tunnel, I don't think this is any harder for me than if I was working at McDonalds.

right now, I'm going for as much as possible, but after a few years, I would be pleased with stability

Stable... nothing beats guarenteed income, especially in an industry as volatile as this one.

looks like 75% of GFY'ers are looking for some kind of stability

I guess all the guys promoting zango, running warez or torrent sites voted for the second option...

I'd take the stable income but it does depend a lot on the amount of work, etc. To me the stable income would be like a fall back base salary and everything else I did would be additional income.