freelance anxiety
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- hallelujah0
this is all speculation, what we think or predict doesn't hold any water
- matt310
I think you might feel more secure freelancing - your fate is in your own hands to find work. I'd rather be in that situation then wondering i'm gonna get fired everyday. thank jebus i live in canada
- marchelo0
I haven't worked in 3 months, freelance pay is going down and a lot of my friends have lost their jobs. I never really thought that would happen in NYC. Granted, I've turned down jobs bc I didn't think the pay was fair enough. (I can afford to do that a little, due to being younger and having less life responsibilities.) It helps if you do anything flash/interactive... I'm applying to American Apparel tomorrow, I'll probably be over-qualified again. But think about everyone who works in factories/sales... They're fucked. Food prices have Definitely been going up. The US will never be the same again bc we live in a global world, but it'll pick up again someday, not soon. Be happy if you have a job, and save! (I think Europe will follow, but that's just my opinion.)
- thisispillowhead0
"Here is a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't worry be happy
In every life we have some trouble
When you worry you make it double
Don't worry, be happy...... "Bobby McFerrin
- marchelo0
It's not so great ukit. Sure, Paris and Milano were beautiful. But not knowing when your next job is coming and having your savings go isn't too sweet. Especially if you weren't given unemployment bc you were a freelancer for a year and a half. If I knew I'd have work after 3 months, yes it'd be awesome. It's the not knowing part that hurts your head. I have an interview on Tuesday though, wish me luck!
- Audria0
im a newbie to freelancing.. dont freak me out.
just let me watch JEM in peace
- KwesiJ0
we are exempt this is your downfall suckaas!!
- gramme0
I think to a certain degree, people who are willing to scramble will make out OK. We've been super busy the past couple months, but after this current large project is done our fall is looking quite thin...that's why my boss has been writing proposals like crazy. We'll likely get some clients in large coastal cities pretty soon here, which would be awesome.
- gramme0
Then again, if there's anything I've learned about life it's that my fate is not in my own hands.
- _salisae_0
i was at a party just now and this guy introduces himself as a freelance designer. upon further investigation i learn that for the past five years he's been working for a company making dvd covers for adult entertainment. he says that the company has dissolved and he's got to look for work again but he's got nothing to show.
then he tried to add a sheen to his shit life by saying the job provided him with this spiritual approach of absorbing as much fun as possible, and then proudly stated that he is self-taught. pfffft. 'oh i am not any good with like typography or anything.' complete douchery!!
i think we forget how many hacks are out there and underestimate the demand for trained, thinking designers.
- we forget how many trained, thinking designersare out there and underestimate the demand for hacks.hallelujah
- true. i'll go ahead and have that panic attack on the rocks please._salisae_
- SigDesign0
I think if you're good at what you do, and live in a big city, you'll be fine. There is always demand for good people!
But, as someone who lives in a less-populated area, I think that there are many more companies that don't value design as much as they should. So, they may be pinched and think that it's better to take design out of the budget and undercut good work for hacks who will charge very very little. Then again, that happens whether it's a good economy or not!
- Iggyboo0
I gotta say this. To all those who gripe that freelancing is better off a plan than fulltiming it. That doesn't make sense today you have to do both, otherwise you don't have health care and your caught paying a 30% contractors Tax. And ontop of it companies are worried more about their bottom line and won't hire anyone over a certain hourly rate no matter how qualified they are.
Lets just hope this is all just republican bullshit and American goes through a shorter recession than all are planning for. If not we're really in for it. because America's bankrupted itself with it's credit cards.
- akrokdesign0
i would say, things has never been easy. all you can do, is do your best.
- erikjonsson0
i saw some ad about freelancers union on the subway just now but i forgot the name. the poster looked really good too. what was that.
set in bauhaus etc?- those ads look really cool. silkscreen transparencies.. pretty bad ass
.Audria
- those ads look really cool. silkscreen transparencies.. pretty bad ass
- airey0
don't forget that there's plenty of international peeps on qbn. if you're looking for work it's more than possible to get some freelance from around the globe.
maybe we could setup some kind of members only bulletin board to show skills, links to folios etc? a freebie rather than the krop thing?
any thoughts about this?
- silentseven0
Wouldn't this kinda be like a be_h_nce.net? I'm down to help out with it.
- airey0
so what do we reckon? setup a forum for it?
- ToxicDesign0
Do this:
Setup a Linked-In Group.
Rob Ford at F-W-A did one for previous winners for example... saves having to build something from scratch etc.
Btw, good read, and I hear ya... Freelancing is tough no matter how you cut it, but when it's good, it's *really* good.
You really have to manage the "ups and downs" and try not to end up a mental case!
- hmmm interesting.... QBN doesn't like me writing F W A here.
...I just you guys are still prejudiced against Flash dudes :)ToxicDesign - what happened when you did write it?airey
- When i wrote f, w, a, together as normal, it wouldn't post, hence all the hyphens in my post :)ToxicDesign
- hmmm interesting.... QBN doesn't like me writing F W A here.