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- neue75_bold0
I'm just itching to get out of here and over to London and work with some good people again...
*sigh
- Dancer0
Isn't your Missus coming over anyway??
- she's well on her way...
but I need to stick it out here for another 16 months :/neue75_bold - Ahhh the economy would of well and truely slumped by then...
heheDancer - damn, 16 months? why so long?lvl_13
- money my man, money, if I stay that long I should be able to save about 15,000€...neue75_bold
- ahhh, nice. i hear ya'!
i'm on the same page. nyc for me though. good luck!lvl_13
- she's well on her way...
- monoboy0
I haven't looked at the surface view website in a while. Lovely stuff.
- Spookytim0
"going well... never really understood difference between being a company and being a freelancer? Is it being only one person"
You're mixing metaphors. The difference lies between being a company and being a sole trader.
A company is registered; limited, or publicly listed.
A sole trader is a single person, self employedA freelancer is different terminology meaning you are available for hire as temporary staff for another company. You can be a freelancer who is a sole trader or a freelancer who is registered as a company.... if you are hired like a temp to boost a workforce or company skillset temporarily as per requirements, you're a freelancer.
Similarly you can be a sole trader or a company that has its own workspace and has business relationship with 'clients', as opposed to temporary employers.
Studiospooky is a Limited company, but its just me. I used to be a sole trader, but there are more benefits to being a company. I'm not a freelancer though.
- I'm a ltd company, what i mean is people still ask if you're freelance********
- but I've working at a few places for a couple of weeks at a flat rate fee... so makes me freelance too********
- same heremistermik
- I'm a ltd company, what i mean is people still ask if you're freelance
- Spookytim0
neue75_Bold,
Where do you work in NL, and why are you coming back?
Just interested. I do some work over there from time to time. UK designers often go there, bu then want to come back again. Its those Dutch isn't it, driving you crazy.- yes, mostly vrmbr showing up cold and naked to my flat at 4am on a Tuesday...neue75_bold
- That'll stop when you come to Blighty?detritus
- neue75_bold0
I came over from Toronto about 2.5 years ago to work for Dietwee in Utrecht and after a year I decided to leave and take a much higher paying AD gig at a small integrated communications studio in Amsterdam called Reeves. For many reasons it's been a good experience but portfolio-wise it hasn't been that lucrative and now I realise I'm not too keen on the whole AD position at this point in my career, I'd rather be more hands-on and actually designing...
It's always been my intention to work in London, so after sticking it out here for another 15 - 16 months [building up the savings] then I'll look for a senior designer position over there...
I love Amsterdam as a city, it's very inspiring in both the creative that is produced, and the work/life balance, but a majority of the studio's I like are 1 -3 people, the taxes are insane and my girl is dead set on London, so, yeah...
You do some work for KesselsKramer yeah?