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General2030: An hour with Marc Clifton ... costs a whole bunch-a block-chain$ Pin
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JokeJust tried the PC Building Simulator... Pin
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GeneralJumping into freelance/contract World Pin
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sum-none1-Apr-18 23:31
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In theory, everyone would be better off being a freelancer. In reality, thing long and hard before you do it! It's a dog eat dog world out here... I find there is even more shortsighted incompetence in the freelance world than in the corp world. Time and skills taken for granted time and time again and if you're not part of the full time team, you're the first to be thrown under the bus (especially when they don't have to look you in the face).

If you're considering one of the many freelance sites, everyone is working for bottom dollar and no one is considering your correspondence, proposal, research, any learning curve, etc time. All those things are work. It's rarely a good pay day when you add all the time up.

If you're one of the lucky few to get a good find, then make sure you have that before you sever the tie with your full time gig. I would suggest you ask your current company if you can work from home. Working from home at a full time gig is where it's at (unless you are so in demand you can write your own ticket with very little effort).

Freelance is a lot about marketing yourself correctly and lip service. Unless you can hustle yourself, I wouldn't do it. However, if you do manage to pull it off, it's rewarding not having to answer to anyone.

Good luck.
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