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Ask HN: How many of you are self employed?
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Pricing depends on the country but have addressed that in another comment! The privacy policy explains how we store data but will make this clearer and more upfront. I store recordings separately from user info in an S3 bucket and the database is hosted in digital ocean. Recordings are sent to OpenAI for ephemeral analysis and transcription.
Can I export the recordings and the resulting (presumably text) diary?
Sorry missed this one. Yes you can, I actually put a lot of work into making this feature useful. You get all the recordings plus a PDF.
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Ty! I’ve got the time and capitalization to try this in that case. Grew up interested in stamps so sounds like time to re-engage in a way. Appreciate the unselfish discussion and details.
Shoot me an email (see bio) and I'm more than happy to help in any way I can. The other wonderful thing about this hobby/business is that for the most part more dealers !== more competition, since there are so so many different facets of the business it ends up growing the hobby more than not. Happy to help you find your niche.
Will do next week. Thank you!
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Taxes. Standard tax rate (on UoP) is 12% up to ~30k USD, the rest is taxed 32%. On top of that, the employer pays a social security fee, its rate rises proportionally to income. As an one-person business, you have two most popular options: - 12% flat tax rate on income, with a flat rate social security fee; (1) - 19% flat tax rate on revenue. The social security fee is dependant on income, but it's less than on UoP.…
Why would the government design it like this? Do they want to encourage this type of thing? What benefit does encouraging this provide to society? The US doesn't do this. They try to make self employed vs employed by a company have the same tax rates.
the answer is - polish government is trash
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YW :) Here's to hoping you succeed. The thing I messed up: personal relationships due to business success.
Thanks! I was actually writing exactly this in another comment above: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39268994 As someone with a likely ADHD, it's very hard to plan for multiple things in my head, I can usually focus only on one big event at a time: product release, party event, plan romantic date, etc. So, usually I do have to choose onlu one thing to prioritize in the short-term.
Apologies for the late answer. I'm 58 and I still struggle with this. Time management, especially with multiple high priority competing interests is super hard, more so when there are other people involved.
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#446Self-employed on and off as a graphic and web design consultant since 2005 or so, with some time in offices, making websites with static generators, PHP/WordPress, and Python/Django, and print work with pencil, ink, paper, and graphics apps. Tips: 1. Live simply and reduce expenses. Avoid debt if you can. Rice and beans recipe: https://hypertexthero.com/eat-play-read/ 2. Try to be nice to other nice people and stay i…
Are you still finding clients for static websites and Wordpress? I got out of that game six years ago and am considering getting back in as a side-hustle. It seems though that most of that freelance work has dried up.
Mainly previous clients I’d worked with before, with occasional new ones.
Meeting in person and getting along with your client is important.