This is one of the continual discussions i have with my grandmother, who worked a total of 2 jobs in her entire life, where as i, as a web developer contractor/freelancer, can have as many as 20 "jobs" in a year. She worries about my job security, even though i earn a ridiculous amount of money vs what i <i>need</i> to live, i save some, spend some and invest some.<p>I get hired ridiculously easy, its just unfair. Granted the odds stacked in my favour immensely. I'm young, i travel anywhere within the UK for work and can be on site with 24hrs notice, i have no dependents (other than my employees, but my businesses independently cover their wages), my living expenses are about 10% of my earnings, I live in a low cost city but work in a high income city, I'm highly skilled (by the industry average, not by my standard) and my industry is drastically under served by skilled workers.<p>Job security no longer means getting hired by a big company and staying there for 30+ years, today, it means how easily you can get hired. Some of these things you can influence, like skill, or choose, like flexibility on location and times, and some are things outwith your control but can still be exploited, like market demand.