Everyone should take some time now and then to look for optimizations in their work environment. For a software developer like myself, this usually involves tools. Also, as a freelancer there are a lot of optimizations that can be done in getting a new client setup, both the business processes (onboarding) as well as getting …
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Working freelance one on, three off
Over the past few years freelancing I’ve been testing different styles of scheduling my client services. Typically freelance projects are either spread out (20/hours a week for 6 weeks) or are bunched up into large chunks (40/hours a week for 3 weeks). Neither of these have felt that good to me. Spread out or in …
Contracting or Freelancing ?
A friend recently wrote me asking for some advise about contracting, which I think would be useful for a lot of freelancers. Eric, It looks like I have a shot at a 3 month contract with Initech. I have a vague idea of what the going hourly rates are; but I don’t know anything about …
Can’t find any projects? Have you tried these these ideas yet?
Every business has slow times, with freelancing it’s the “famine” part of the feast and famine cycle. Since most freelancers are just a single person, a slow period can easily affect your lifestyle and cause a lot of stress. Once you are in the famine stage, you have to admit to yourself that it’s only …