How do people transition from being caged monkeys in offices doing NS related admin/project work to full blown uber $1000 per day self employed consultants?

@DonkeyBot Start moving up the value chain. Writing code is the commodity part of a software developer's job. The higher value is in advising clients on how to avoid risk, reduce costs, and increase profits and then in designing appropriate solutions to do so. I recommend starting here: https://expensiveproblem.com/hbin