Freelance or Employment

Trev, I am actually a taxpayer being a freelancer

I would like to come back to your opinions and thoughts about working with new blood, or new customers (in other terms). This is very tricky, but I believe your work is what breaks the ice. If you can deliver the goods to the standard that they expect and above it, then bang - you have not only gained a maybe regular customer, but an avid supporter and friend of the business.

90% of my work in my freelance career is from referrals and existing clients, it's all about proving yourself worthy of the work

its like if someone whats a skin coded and theve already presliced it i cant touch it i have to either reslice it if it looks wrong or replace it in html.

ya i just love when someone says theyve been reffered to by someone

Yup, it means that people respect your talent and work ethic

The way things are going for me right now.....im preety happy being a freelancer (im not sure you can call my business that though) considering i have a website and business model of sorts......i dont really go around bidding for jobs, they come to me.



I am not a fan of working for other people, too much stress!

I have been freelancing since I was 16. Being 19 and in college changed my views on everything. When I saw an opportunity to work for a company I took it. Right now I work for http://www.vectorwave.net/. It was an IT and software company stritly untill I came on board. WIth me and my friend Alex working for vectorwave we expanded into web design\development and print work. I must say that this option was much better for me because

a)steady flow on money (btw $300-400 contests yaxay is running and what many people pay freelancers online is a joke compared to what companies chanrge here in the city at least)

b) we (.com companies) are not as uptight as you might think. Everyone working for vectorwave knows this is not a financial group, we're all 'computer' guys. I can come in my underware and no one will care, as long as clients don't see me undressed ;o Infact instead of casual fridays vectorwave now has club friday nights... In the past 2 months I do not remember a friday night when we din't go clubin and got wasted ;x

c) T1 connection in the office.

Freelancing(on the internet) is a great way to jumpstart your career, but I do not tink you can move forward doing just that.

I also plan on getting adobe certified by the end of this summer. In the business world if it's not on paper its bulls**t. So yeah hopefully by the end of this summer I will have a paper prooving thaty I am a qualified proffessional in my industry.

ya my dad directs a medium sized business and when i heard what their site cost i had a heart attack!
that was back in the day when i was a free template kiddie

wow becoming qualified in adobe ps bet that would be a tough thing :S good luck

That's great about the Adobe certification, and yup it's a fact. Without diplomas of certain skills or certification it is VERY difficult to get anywhere. This is where freelance has its perks

I love your comment about freelance being a good way to start, very true

I will be going for my Adobe Certification next year. It's hard to sustain yourself soley from the income freelance work generates. If you're really talented and have years upon years (8-15) experience, I'm sure you've developed a substantial amount of customers but for most the income isn't steady enough to pay bills, etc.

I am a full tiem employee at a marketing company and I enjoy it...why? We create pen designs for promotions (mainly) meaning i egt to design concepts with client outlines then have a sculptor create the 3d pen sample and its always great to see your work come in 3d and holdable. I also do freelancing when I have time usually in contests or by word of mouth. A steady paycheck keeps me going and I find it easy to balance both.