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Special thanks are due to a couple of you (you know who you are) who helped me get my crap in order. After searching for a year and a half now and networking my a$$ off, I'm joining the ranks of the steadily employed tomorrow. I'll keep doing freelance as I still have a few clients, but it wasn't steady enough.
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Way to go!
Getting health benefits? It's one of the things I appreciate most about working for someone.
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Congrats. Start pulling your share of taxes here in the state!!!
did that link thing help?
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Congrats, blusubaru.
You will do fine!
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I think being self employed is more steady than working for someone else... but congrats anyway!
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The security of a paycheck every month and being to plan ahead financially is a blessing. I have worked for myself for 27 years with a few short interruptions and cannot recommend it to young people. Too much worrying and never being off duty. Lack of socialization everyday is a killer for me. Gossip at the watercooler or the like was great for a quick pick me up.
Undercapitalization is of course a killer. Working from home makes for no escape and a diversion from concentrating on business or enjoyment when you are not working.
I know you are going to do great Blu and have a great time. Just try to keep it a secret you are a Colts fan right now. You will get funny looks. Go guy!
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Congrats, Blu!
Time for a new blue Soob?
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[quote spearmint]The security of a paycheck every month and being to plan ahead financially is a blessing. I have worked for myself for 27 years with a few short interruptions and cannot recommend it to young people. Too much worrying and never being off duty. Lack of socialization everyday is a killer for me. Gossip at the watercooler or the like was great for a quick pick me up.
That's an interesting take. I actually think young people can often make the most out of working for themselves. A friend of mine essentially networked his butt off while living in a rented room of a basement for a few years. Now he's a fairly big-shot photographer. Keeping his expenses super low, he was able to leverage his time to land himself in a great position.
I think working a 9-5 job offers less job security than being self employed. A friend of mine has worked for the same company his whole life. Shortly after turning 102 years old, the company was bought out by a competitor and his facility was closed down.
I quit worrying about working for myself years ago. When one spends time worrying, they're not doing anything productive. I decided I didn't like not knowing what the next six months would look like - at least what the worst case scenario would be - so I integrated some business tactics of bigger companies. One of which was to get long-term contracts (that also helps me do my job better.) Now I have more job security than if I worked for someone else, and my clients are happier.
I think my job is more secure being in my hands than in someone else's.
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Sound great. But what does one DO to work for themselves?