It’s great being self-employed or a freelancer, but it’s not always easy. Every designer, developer and photographer comes across difficult times at least several times in their career. There might be a dry spell where there’s simply no work, or maybe you’re just not having any luck and losing out on opportunities. There are such things as ‘freelance websites’, with thousands of jobs entered day-in, day-out. Sounds excellent, huh? But believe me, it’s not. Read on to find out why…
There are many benefits from being self-employed, but as with most things in life a few disadvantages are thrown in with the package too. We get to work from home, work our own hours, do what we enjoy, have as many days off as we want and blast out tunes all day long (well, at least I do!). But unfortunately we also have to correctly manage our time, avoid distractions and mistakes, find our own work and communicate with difficult clients – we do it wrong, and our wage (ultimately our lives) depends on it. This article compiles 16 superb articles to help you get your head around freelance designing.
