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The truth about freelancing

18 点作者 jonathanstark超过 8 年前

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sulam超过 8 年前
In addition to everything else listed in the article, you should also learn to proofread, and especially learn the correct usage of &quot;your&quot; vs &quot;you&#x27;re&quot;.<p>And before someone accuses me of nitpicking, keep in mind that as a consultant you are very often communicating using written media.
sandworm101超过 8 年前
Freelancing, for me, rarely involves working from home. If and when you can work remotely depends on the type of work, not your employment classification. This article was written from a very narrow perspective. Even the 100$&#x2F;hour dream is misplaced. 100$ is nothing for many freelance contractors. I make more. That said, I spend 2&#x2F;3 of my time on non-paid tasks such as proposals and giving talks at conferences.<p>Fyi, most lawyers (or their firms) operate under some form of &quot;freelance&quot; as an outside contractor charging by the hour. Recent surveys show that even at &quot;big law&quot; firms only 25% of lawyer time is actually billable hours. The rest, like me, is spent doing all the other things you must to bring in work while maintaining your freelance status.
k__超过 8 年前
I worked as employee and as freelancer and prefer the last.<p>I just can&#x27;t do this office 9-5 stuff.<p>But it&#x27;s not the end game for me.<p>I don&#x27;t like how most companies are structured and I don&#x27;t like the attitude most CEOs have. So working with one, or a few, customers is only a bit better than working as an employee.<p>I think the optimal case is to create some products and have &gt;100 customers, so if one tries dumb shit with you, it doesn&#x27;t threaten your existence. Also, I think it&#x27;s easier to motivate yourself to work on something that is your own and you believe in, than to implement &quot;the visions&quot; of other people on a constant basis.
BigChiefSmokem超过 8 年前
Best advice: &quot;it’s all about finding value for your client and getting compensated for that.&quot; The less people on Earth that can do what you can, the more you should be charging, especially if it&#x27;s a decent-sized organization footing the bill.
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xherberta超过 8 年前
An unmentioned corollary: freelancing&#x27;s finest hour is when you don&#x27;t really need the money.
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sofaofthedamned超过 8 年前
Seriously, this is HN worthy?
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hkon超过 8 年前
Yes, or you can learn to develop software professionally and never worry about money again...