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Lots of great insights in this article! I especially liked the part where he advises us to treat freelancing as a business.

• bamie9l 11y ago
  What else would it be?
• k-mcgrady 11y ago
  Surprised anyone freelancing would need that advice in the first place...
  • thibaut_barrere 11y ago
    Data point: most freelancers I've been coaching during the last years do /not/ realize they are running a real business. It usually takes a life changing event (birth, or a big tax issue) for them to change their way of doing it, if this changes at all.
    • ghaff 11y ago
      Based on various people I've known, that's a great if surprising point. It's actually pretty easy for many to just sort of drift along on the edge for a long time and essentially pretend that everything is good--until it's not. Maybe the client that's 50% of their business up and leaves for whatever reason or, as you say, something happens in their life that makes no savings and no real plan suddenly untenable.
  • joelklettke 11y ago
    I'm no longer surprised by the disconnect between a great dev/writer/artist/musician and a good business sense. Most freelancers I meet have a great talent in one area - but talent in that area doesn't always mean they know how to market or manage it as a business. It seems so obvious, I agree - but it's a big stumbling point, at least with those I come in contact with.