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@rounce
If you're good at what you do, and have the work examples and credentials to back it up, no-one will care (for most work). Anyway, you should view working for someone else as a means to an end, not a way of life. Getting hung up on this is totally not worth it.
Thinking about/planning/working on/failing/learning/rethinking/succeeding/rinse-repeating some venture, that you're invested in on a level deeper than living pay-cheque to pay-cheque. Something that doesn't mean a greasy haired suit-skinned cad who doesn't even know your name (not that it matters by this point) is making a ton of cash; while you spend the majority of the time you aren't asleep, getting stressed.
Surprise! It's a scam. Ever compared what your effort rate is, when calculated for the client invoice? You're getting rinsed mate, especially in London. Surely you have interests or ideas that you are able to deliver in a way that also has the potential to be profitable? Pursue them, you never know, you might be able to make enough to live comfortably off of it, enjoy your work, and not get fired in the run up to Christmas. You as a developer of all people should be aware of this, especially right now. What's the worst that could happen? You'll just end up working for someone else again.