My first month freelancing
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My first month freelancing
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Re: My first month freelancing
#2Sounds good are you enjoying it so far, compared to full time work? I am just starting up this month freelancing/contracting for iOS apps so hopefully I can find some work.
Re: My first month freelancing
#3Sounds good are you enjoying it so far, compared to full time work? I am just starting up this month freelancing/contracting for iOS apps so hopefully I can find some work.
It's going well so far, I've had some really down days, just sending out emails and getting no responses. Or getting close to a project starting and it not happening. Fortunately it's all worked itself out in the end. I've been lucky!
Re: My first month freelancing
#4Sounds good are you enjoying it so far, compared to full time work? I am just starting up this month freelancing/contracting for iOS apps so hopefully I can find some work.
It's going well so far, I've had some really down days, just sending out emails and getting no responses. Or getting close to a project starting and it not happening. Fortunately it's all worked itself out in the end. I've been lucky!
it sounds like you've also been persistent.
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#5Nice post... I used to do freelance a few years ago, now I am building my own stuff. Thought about doing freelance again so I can leave my day job, but I'm iffy on it as it's not stable reliable income.
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#6I think there's really only one thing to say when you've got such a short time under your belt:
Don't give up and your persistence will pay off. Good luck!
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#7People want to pay you hourly/per project, convince them it’s better for both you and them to pay you daily. I’ll explain why in a future post.
I've burned many thousands of words here arguing the same point and will hopefully be able to spare you all a retread, so let me just say that I think a lot of good habits and useful dynamics emerge organically from this one decision.
If you make no other careful strategic decisions about your consulting business, make this one: bill daily.
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#8As someone who used to rely solely on freelance income, but having wound up freelancing full time at a consultancy company, it's refreshing to hear your experiences. I often dream of going back to freelancing and working on my own side-projects, but I fear that I won't have as much luck as I did before in getting new work.
Re: My first month freelancing
#9People want to pay you hourly/per project, convince them it’s better for both you and them to pay you daily. I’ll explain why in a future post. I've burned many thousands of words here arguing the same point and will hopefully be able to spare you all a retread, so let me just say that I think a lot of good habits and useful dynamics emerge organically from this one decision. If you make no other careful strategic de…
"I’ll explain why in a future post."
The suspense is killing me. Now I want to know sooner than later haha.
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#10I'm impressed with your persistance! For the activities you list in "How I found work" ... did you start these before the first month? I'm curious how long it takes to get work flowing through the pipeline.
The blog seems interesting and I wish you the best of luck. I think I hit a bug though ... When I make the font larger/smaller, the different elements of the screen move around and reposition themselves for a few seconds after. Also, the code samples disappear in an hap hazard manner. Am using Chrome on a MacBook Pro.