11-25-2011, 12:52 AM
Standard advice that I give everyone working for someone new.
All companies are F'd Up, it just takes you about two years to recognize that.
Also, figure out what is attracting you, the project, the people, the corporate environment. Projects end or get canceled, people leave, companies change directions. How will you fit in as thing evolve?
Did you have a lot of variety in the types of work that you did freelance, will you be happy working a job that focuses you in just one specific area?
I've worked both sides for the past 33 years, the past 15 have been working for myself, and I don't miss the corporate environment, but I have a large network of former co-workers from the earlier days spread through out my industry that I have no trouble finding projects via word of mouth. I'm not sure I would have been as successful if I did things in the reverse order.
All companies are F'd Up, it just takes you about two years to recognize that.
Also, figure out what is attracting you, the project, the people, the corporate environment. Projects end or get canceled, people leave, companies change directions. How will you fit in as thing evolve?
Did you have a lot of variety in the types of work that you did freelance, will you be happy working a job that focuses you in just one specific area?
I've worked both sides for the past 33 years, the past 15 have been working for myself, and I don't miss the corporate environment, but I have a large network of former co-workers from the earlier days spread through out my industry that I have no trouble finding projects via word of mouth. I'm not sure I would have been as successful if I did things in the reverse order.