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You should have begun the write up with WHY you'd "love to start freelancing". Depending on the reasons advice will be very different.

by op03 5y ago

Axvi 5y ago
Fair point :) Some reasons I don't like being an employee: - Schedule constrains - Politics and certain dynamics within/between teams. I'm getting tired of those. - Money. I'm close to the ceiling (for my location and role) unless I pivot into management - I'm a bit disconnected about what delivers real value within the company, I feel I'm just a small piece of a big machinery. It's a bit abstract the work I do - I can influence but I don't own my career path What I believe a freelance route could give me: - I can pivot until finding what I enjoy doing - More flexible schedule - Feeling that I'm providing tangible value - Money ceiling - My efforts would give me a sense of investing in "my own business" - Freedom. Choose who to work with or not (ideal scenario of course) - Learning new tech
- op03 5y ago
  You need to stick those reasons somewhere you see them everyday cause they will be a much more useful compass than whats in demand. Whats in demand is always changing. The way it worked out for me was contacting someone senior at a startup incubator and telling them I wanted some kind of consulting role (few hours a week) to explore more flexible work. They are always hard up for experienced people. That put me in touch with a bunch of startups and I picked one where they had a small project but no one free to work on. That was the door opener and being in a setting with multiple companies all around, it was easy to make contacts, hear what issues different companies had etc. Whenever it aligned with something I knew or was interested in techwise I would try to get involved or help them out. If you are not a big networker like me the key is to put yourself in environments where you are constantly bumping into people who are telling you their problems :) Good luck!
  - Axvi 5y ago
    That's a great advice. Thanks a lot

You should have begun the write up with WHY you'd "love to start freelancing". Depending on the reasons advice will be very different.

by op03 5y ago

You should have begun the write up with WHY you'd "love to start freelancing". Depending on the reasons advice will be very different.

Axvi 5y ago

Fair point :) Some reasons I don't like being an employee: - Schedule constrains - Politics and certain dynamics within/between teams. I'm getting tired of those. - Money. I'm close to the ceiling (for my location and role) unless I pivot into management - I'm a bit disconnected about what delivers real value within the company, I feel I'm just a small piece of a big machinery. It's a bit abstract the work I do - I can influence but I don't own my career path What I believe a freelance route could give me: - I can pivot until finding what I enjoy doing - More flexible schedule - Feeling that I'm providing tangible value - Money ceiling - My efforts would give me a sense of investing in "my own business" - Freedom. Choose who to work with or not (ideal scenario of course) - Learning new tech

op03 5y ago
You need to stick those reasons somewhere you see them everyday cause they will be a much more useful compass than whats in demand. Whats in demand is always changing. The way it worked out for me was contacting someone senior at a startup incubator and telling them I wanted some kind of consulting role (few hours a week) to explore more flexible work. They are always hard up for experienced people. That put me in touch with a bunch of startups and I picked one where they had a small project but no one free to work on. That was the door opener and being in a setting with multiple companies all around, it was easy to make contacts, hear what issues different companies had etc. Whenever it aligned with something I knew or was interested in techwise I would try to get involved or help them out. If you are not a big networker like me the key is to put yourself in environments where you are constantly bumping into people who are telling you their problems :) Good luck!
- Axvi 5y ago
  That's a great advice. Thanks a lot