this didn't take long...

[bazookaman]

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!

[lafinfil]

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$

[Paul F.]

Don't forget to include things like health care costs in your freelance fees...

Make them regret firing you!

[bazookaman]

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.

[cbelt3]

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.

[pRICE cUBE]

I hope things work out for you.

I was a freelancer all of 2 months before a competing firm picked me up.

[JoeM]

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.