Dan Lockton has quite an interesting post on his blog titled "What I’ve learned so far as a freelance designer/engineer/maker".
Obviously for me this is particularly relevant so I find it quite interesting.
I posted quite a long comment there, which kind just came blurting out. Most importantly it triggers this thing of, "What have I learned?"What it’s shown me is that a jack-of-all-trades is not necessarily master of none, but unlikely to be any more than master of some, few in fact. And the main reasons for that — so far as I can tell — are time and money.
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An implication of all that is that to be competing on price alone can be a stressful game, especially when having to do so simply to get enough work means that you have a lot of learning to do for every project.
If you are, or have been a freelance (anything), then what are the most important lessons that you have learned from that?
To sum up my most important lesson: The Network is your friend. You are connected (don't forget it).
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