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Ink Master
January 14th, 2008
Forgot to mention that we can also set our own price
— oh yeah, now they’re jealous 
Joe
January 14th, 2008
Oh, and don’t forget to mention sometimes you boss forgets to pay you on time and maybe not at all.
Great caption!
Artform
January 14th, 2008
I’ve got that comment about working longer hours and having more bosses. I responded with, “I’ve been able to earn $150/hour”.
That’s when they become silent in thought.
rotationbias
January 14th, 2008
The difference being, of course, that every single one of our customers has to decide to fire us before we’re out of a job. When you work for a corporation, decisions about your future rest in the hands of just one person (and it’s usually someone who isn’t as smart as you are). I know where I’d rather be.
michael brito
January 14th, 2008
thats how i feel sometimes, is it even worth it at times?
Andy
January 14th, 2008
Yeah, setting your own price that’s double what a company would pay you and getting paid when you work more than 40 hours a week really suck….
Philip Arthur Moore
January 14th, 2008
Clients aren’t bosses. This conception of the client/freelancer relationship is really misguided. Sure, clients pay our bills, but we choose our rates, choose our clients, and choose the nature of each client/freelancer relationship that we have. That in and of itself is enough to demonstrate a very clear difference between a boss and a client.
alex rojas
January 14th, 2008
Thats true… When you work on your own there’s no time for anything. You work late at night, eating on the computer and trying to live a normal life…
Donald R. Anderson
January 15th, 2008
Sounds like Winters has reached freelancer maturity. Now for the over the hill part where we get things done in our sleep instead of missing sleep and it’s all downhill from there.
dandellion Kimban
January 16th, 2008
I fired my boss?
Well, ok then.
Jacob Lichner
January 17th, 2008
@Artform… $150/hour? I looked at your portfolio and must say… your clients are getting R I P P E D off…
K2
February 19th, 2008
I have to agree with Jacob Lichner… Artform… $150/hour? You’ve bigged that up right? I mean, seriously?
Jonathan Shih
June 5th, 2008
Totally agree with K2 and Jacob Lichner….’Artform’?….Maybe more like Crapform. Do people actually go to you for making designs? And for $150/hour. Are those people blind or has loose screws? The before and after images were quite amusing, a 8 year old can do that. You call yourself an ‘artist’ or a con artist? More like the latter. But, I too will get silent in thought, when I see your ‘portfolio’ (more like a 8 year old’s scrapbook, or in this case Crapbook), i will think to myself, if these are the kinds of designs people want, i’d rather blow my brains out.
Hey, ‘Artform’, check out my portfolio, you might learn something.