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Are most consultants/freelancers/contractors generally working on product-side or customer-visible projects? I have always been interested in going this route

• kmoser 3y ago
  Freelancer here. I'm just a data point of one, but I work on all kinds of projects, both product-side and customer-visible. For the "invisible" (to the customer) work, you can always add a description of it to your CV (along with some suitable graphics to show, for example, performance or positive outcome). Occasionally I'll show the front end of the project, even though I didn't work directly on that part, simply because it's what potential customers understand and identify with. I try to make it clear what part I worked on, but when I'm using it in a portfolio I sometimes leave that to the imagination of the viewer, until I'm actually speaking with them about their potential project.