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Forgot to mention that we can also set our own price
— oh yeah, now they’re jealous 
Oh, and don’t forget to mention sometimes you boss forgets to pay you on time and maybe not at all.
Great caption!
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.
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.
thats how i feel sometimes, is it even worth it at times?
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….
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.
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…
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.
I fired my boss?
Well, ok then.
@Artform… $150/hour? I looked at your portfolio and must say… your clients are getting R I P P E D off…
I have to agree with Jacob Lichner… Artform… $150/hour? You’ve bigged that up right? I mean, seriously?
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.