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People(most people) like to do the same thing every day. Even me, I'm a programmer and have different tasks, but I get most of my work through one client. I w
by danschumann 8y ago
People(most people) like to do the same thing every day. Even me, I'm a programmer and have different tasks, but I get most of my work through one client. I would hate to be chasing down new clients all the time.
- anyfoo 8y agoIs that true, do most people like doing the same thing every day? It certainly is not true for me. EDIT: A few repliers clarified that it's probably about the stable and reliable income, and not about the nature of the work that's done every day. I can agree with that!
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- volkk 8y agoi think OP meant more along the lines of: people like stability and ones with families can't rely on an inconsistent income that the freelance world generally provides. not actually doing the exact same thing everyday
- amorphid 8y agoI'd guess everyone is different. A pastry chef might see every tasty creation as a new opportunity to bring joy & happiness into the world. For me, cooking is a chore, and every pastry I have to make after the first is no longer something new.
- maxxxxx 8y agoI guess it would be better to say that most people like having a stable and reliable income.
- sotojuan 8y agoA lot of people would love the stability and predictability of a regular 9-5 office job. I think that's what they meant.
- __s 8y agoI wish I could drop my development job for a data entry job. Inventory counting was a really fun job
- gaius 8y agoIs that true, do most people like doing the same thing every day? It certainly is not true for me It depends how broadly you define “same thing”. I think many if not most of us would happily focus on programming every day.
- adamredwoods 8y agoWhen I was freelancing, most of my projects were about 2-3 weeks in length. I had to find new work while trying to complete work. Difficult clients did not help that situation at all, nor intense deadlines. So truthfully, too much time would lapse between gigs, and running the numbers showed me that freelancing was earning around minimum wage, but I was working many more hours. My best situation was when I had a client that was acting as a project manager and would feed me lots of work when I needed it.
- throwaway2048 8y agoPretty sure most people doing "gig economy" crap arent doing it because they wanna do different tasks, and arent leaving it because they wanna do the same thing each day.
- oldgeezr 8y agoWorking on new projects every couple of weeks would be fun. Learning a new set of APIs, version control strategies, team members, platform peculiarities, build systems, bug reporting and issue tracking software, groupware... fuck that. I could sort of do it when I was in my early 30s but not now.
- xapata 8y agoMaintaining the sales pipeline is tough while delivering the current project(s). But that's what pays the bills.