Freelance vs Permanent 2012
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I took on a full time gig about a year ago. Was freelance before that for a year, and permalance 4 years prior until I moved out of state.
Freelance is great because you don't have to be sitting at a desk 9-5 and it gives you the freedom to pick who you want to work with (if you are good and prove yourself worthy), but there are those times when you get brought in and you work for 24 hours straight to meet deadlines. And then there are the times when no one is calling you up and you start to get that shitty feeling of "oh fuck now what? i need work!", which often coincides with having work and 3 other people trying to get you in on a project at the same time. feast-famine.
Full time is cool because of benefits and such, but if you can manage to at least work one day out of the office (more and more places are going this way...maybe not agencies, but corp and more business oriented places), otherwise it can get really stale especially if you just freelancing prior.
Permalance is probably the best of both worlds. I loved it, but wanted to get into a new city...so here i am, at a desk 9-5 :)