Freelance vs Permanent 2012 4141 Responses

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• woodyBatts

  I have always been freelance save for a few long term gigs here and there.

  In my experience you can absolutely grow as a freelancer, get to creative director level and even start your own agency, however there is a cost. It can be lonely not working on site. It's easy to fall into a rut and not know how to get out. You make mistakes and mistakes cost money, but in the end you are paid more and taxed less.

  The myth of the freelancer is that you can wake up at noon, and work in your pajamas... but the reality at least for me is I am up at 5am and work 12-14 hour days. Of course I absolutely love it ... but you really have to ask yourself what your end goal is, and if freelancing is congruent with those goals.

  Good Luck!

  • i'm assuming you don't work 12-14 hours every day though, right? if so FUCK THAT– lvl_131/8

    6 days a week.– woodyBatts2/8

    Work smarter, not harder.– ETM3/8

    12-14hrs a day and love? are you american or something?– qTime4/8

    yeah, that's too long to sit behind a machine. i don't care that much about money or "loving" what i do to work that much. life is more important.– lvl_135/8

    We presume that I am working hard not smart, but I have many clients and multiple businesses. I am not simply slaving at a machine, I sell products, develop products, design, paint, teach, speak. Etc. Yes I love it, I am an American.– woodyBatts6/8

    Smart would mean hiring people. I make more money having 2 other people do work for me and I collect off the top.– ETM7/8

    I still get to do the projects I enjoy, and have a life, while not dying in front of a screen like a S. Korean MMO player.– ETM8/8

  

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