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When you're starting out from a salaried full time job and asking HN how you do contracting, they're the same thing. If you already have clients lined up where
by JangoSteve 13y ago
When you're starting out from a salaried full time job and asking HN how you do contracting, they're the same thing.
If you already have clients lined up where you can do work as or within a company without first freelancing, then you're probably not in HN asking how to do it.
- peteretep 13y agoNo, they're not. You can get a contract role by talking to a recruiter or going on a recruitment website, without any kind of online portfolio or presence. For the freelancing stuff, you need to go through the dance you laid out.
- JangoSteve 13y agoI suppose that's another way to do it. But I can only speak to my experience, and I admittedly don't have much experience with recruiters. I've never used recruiters for either freelancing or contracting and I have a freelanced in several years. Edit: also, many of the other comments here were, get a client, not speak to a recruiter, so this was somewhat a response to that add well.
- Nursie 13y agoI think they also missed the background discussion. In the UK, permanent salaries are very low compared to other english speaking markets. Several people (self included) mentioned contracting. This is distinct from freelancing in that it usually for a company running a project but in need of some specific skills for a fixed time at a daily rate, rather than asking you to make something for a fixed price. I see them as distinct career paths, and I'm pretty sure the question was aimed at this.