+- MacResource (https://forums.macresource.com)
+-- Forum: My Category (https://forums.macresource.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=1)
+--- Forum: Tips and Deals (https://forums.macresource.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=3)
+--- Thread: this didn't take long... (/showthread.php?tid=52090)
this didn't take long... - bazookaman - 03-27-2008
as some of you may know, tomorrow is my last day at my current job. While I had anticipated the need for some "contractual work" in the future, I had no idea that I would be starting Monday to complete a "this close to being done" website that the CEO substantially changed at the last minute. Woohoo!
Re: this didn't take long... - lafinfil - 03-27-2008
Good !
Just make sure you get what you're worth on the freelance market
Hourly employee is much different than freelancer by many decimal point$
Re: this didn't take long... - Paul F. - 03-27-2008
Don't forget to include things like health care costs in your freelance fees...
Make them regret firing you!
Re: this didn't take long... - bazookaman - 03-27-2008
I think it works out to about 3 times my "hourly rate" while I was working there. If I could eke out a 40 hour week next week, I will have made my normal monthly income.
Re: this didn't take long... - cbelt3 - 03-27-2008
good for you. Don't depend on one client for your living tho. And remember that your 'monthly income' included benefits that didn't show up in your W-2. Health. Retirement. Office. Equipment. Infrastructure. That guy who brought in bagels every Friday morning, so you didn't have to buy breakfast.
etc.
Re: this didn't take long... - pRICE cUBE - 03-27-2008
I hope things work out for you.
I was a freelancer all of 2 months before a competing firm picked me up.
Re: this didn't take long... - JoeM - 03-28-2008
Good luck. I made a decent living for a bit more than a year freelancing. I was doing web and multimedia design and audio for TV at the time so the $ were good until the dotbomb happened and then 9/11 in NYC.
If you need health insurance, there are some associations out there that you can join.