Freelance vs Permanent 2012
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My first real design job 15 years ago was freelancing for a major corporation for nearly 3 years. It would have kept going but I decided to take my talents out of state. I struggled for years to make as much as I did freelancing all those years, only coming close to matching it 2 years ago. That year I was under contract for another major corporation (basically freelancing). I've also had plenty of full time positions in those years that hardly pay but are usually easy 9-5 salary with benefits positions.
Just last month I was forced to leave my last in house job and immediately was offered 1 month contracts at 2 different places. The one I choose is still feeding me work and I'm making twice as much as I did as a fulltime employee. The only down side is the 10 hour days and intense deadlines. No more taking 24 hours to rescale a logo, make a JPEG or tell someone for the 100 time what are official corporate PMS colors are. Now it's work work work work, I hardly have to check QBN anymore during the week.