This summer I’ll be approaching seven years of freelancing. On one hand it feels like forever, like I’ve always done this. On the other hand, it feels like I just started. I still remember those early months when I didn’t know what the hell I was doing. When I was chasing anyone with a pulse …
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The qualities to become a freelancer
In order to become successful at freelancing, you need a mix of certain qualities. I’m not talking about skills like web development, accounting, or sales. Honesty Business is based on trust. Trust in that each side in a transaction will do what they say they will, or at the very least that they will act …
Your Freelancing Goals
I started freelancing with a few years of Ruby experience and about a dozen applications launched into production. So why did I spend a year working on PHP? One important aspect to freelancing, any business actually, is the founder’s goals. Why are you starting this business? What do you want out of it? How do …
Taking Time Off For a Sick Child While Freelancing
The “free” in freelancing is supposed to be about the freedom it brings you. Perhaps it’s freedom from working on stuff you hate. Or freedom to work for people you love. Or freedom to work where you want to. Or when you want to. For each freelancer, the freedoms are different and personal. I want …
What I Wish I Did Differently When I Started Freelancing
Looking back at my freelancing history it’s easy to see things that I should have done differently. It’s not regret. It’s knowing more now and having a better understanding of how business and freelancing works. My hope is to give some advice to help new freelancers who are starting now. The biggest thing I’d change …