I am very surprised that after all this time, they really don't have a way for someone to say "freelance" or "consultant" without giving yourself a company nam

I am very surprised that after all this time, they really don't have a way for someone to say "freelance" or "consultant" without giving yourself a company name. They literally pollute their database by forcing users to make up company names and overload the job titles. It's been this way since the early days: they must have their reasons, but its a messed up data model that doesn't really reflect they world they are trying to reflect.