You'd have to squint an awful lot for the evaluation to fall out that way. I'm a contracted software dev. I'm going to run down a list of questions from the IRS. Mentally score which ones sound like a cleaning laborer.
I have business cards, a personal website, and a professional reputation. My clients ask for me by name.
I do not submit applications. I do not respond to advertisements of employment.
I often have discretion to have work performed by subordinates selected and instructed by me, not my client.
I receive negligible training from customers.
My work is often evaluated by myself or not evaluated, because I am more competent as to the details than my clients are, this being why they hired me to do it. If there is a checklist, I wrote or had substantial input on the checklist.
I work at hours I pick or by mutual agreement. I routinely do not tell clients when I start or stop working.
If a problem arises with my work, I will ordinarily be the first person told about it.
The services I provide for my clients are largely not their main line of business. They do not invoice customers for my work directly. They generally have no employees who do substantially what I do, this being a major reason why they would hire me.
There is a written contract in place between me and each of my clients, often with contentious custom language in it.
I routinely incur expenses in the course of my business which are not reimbursed by clients.