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I prefer working with clients to having a boss. I prefer having customers to having a client. You're always answerable to someone or something, even if it's beg

I prefer working with clients to having a boss. I prefer having customers to having a client. You're always answerable to someone or something, even if it's begging daddy to refill that trust fund. I add 2 months of runway for each week I work. Not exactly a big deal. >Often it meant I had to do double-shift days to make up the lost time. I'm starting to develop a picture of you under-billing, if you felt obligated to do so. >There was absolutely no "reward" Can we just get to the part where we recognize we value different things and move on? >As a salaried employee, I was still completely free to quit. Except for the part where if you're the type of person to prefer working on 5, 10, or 15 different things a year as opposed to one thing for 5 years, you're penalized as an employee because you'll be seen as a job hopper. It does real palpable damage to your career as a salaried employee to quit a job. >Being a contractor doesn't make you free or independent in any way that a salaried employee isn't. That's plainly false. This was always a waste of time, but now it's an expensive waste of time. Troll somebody else who hasn't drunk your kool-aid.

etchalon 14y ago
I'm not trolling. I'm literally talking about my experiences as a contractor and the conclusions I've reached. > I prefer working with clients to having a boss. I prefer having customers to having a client. To me, it was just trading one noun for another. > I'm starting to develop a picture of you under-billing, if you felt obligated to do so. Projects have deadlines. This isn't a matter of under-billing, it's the fact of life. > Except for the part where if you're the type of person to prefer working on 5, 10, or 15 different things a year as opposed to one thing for 5 years, you're penalized as an employee because you'll be seen as a job hopper. Not really. Go work for an agency that does lots of different things. I own a digital agency, and we build lots and lots of different things every week. My creatives/engineers can jump on stuff they're interested in (we actually encourage that). If you feel like you're more "free" as a contractor, great. Personally, I found I thought that until I realized it was nonsense.

etchalon 14y ago

I'm not trolling. I'm literally talking about my experiences as a contractor and the conclusions I've reached. > I prefer working with clients to having a boss. I prefer having customers to having a client. To me, it was just trading one noun for another. > I'm starting to develop a picture of you under-billing, if you felt obligated to do so. Projects have deadlines. This isn't a matter of under-billing, it's the fact of life. > Except for the part where if you're the type of person to prefer working on 5, 10, or 15 different things a year as opposed to one thing for 5 years, you're penalized as an employee because you'll be seen as a job hopper. Not really. Go work for an agency that does lots of different things. I own a digital agency, and we build lots and lots of different things every week. My creatives/engineers can jump on stuff they're interested in (we actually encourage that). If you feel like you're more "free" as a contractor, great. Personally, I found I thought that until I realized it was nonsense.