LIFE AS A FREELANCER

Everybody cannot be a freelancer. Freelancers are problem solvers. They do not ask too many questions. They find their own ways to answer the questions. They work mostly independently in small office with haphazard setting because most creative people in the world are haphazard:). Freelancers are people who think that anything is possible in the world if given the proper resources and time. Freelancers do not like the traditional way of working. They say give us a task and we will do it but do not question our way of doing it.

In start of your career, it would be really tough. You have to get the resources and comfortable place to work .You have to get the working procedure of website that you are working in. There are thousands of contractors in your category and you have to stand out. You have to work on a bit low rates to get the clients. You are your own boss but that brings a lot more responsibilities like time management, learning new skills and be ahead in the competition.

Now let’s talk about good aspects of Freelancing career. You work on the cutting edge technologies you like. You feel that you have changed the world even if it is in a small way. You work with great teams from all over the world. You can lead them if you have multidimensional skills, this increase your leadership qualities. When you get a good feedback from clients, you feel that you have a worth.

You work with great people from all around the world. You get inspired by the level of their skills. You make a lot of friends. You learn a lot from fellow freelancers and clients. You come to know about different cultures. Fellow freelancers can guide you in a specific field.

Money…and loads of it:)…you can earn a lot of money. I know some people personally who make more than $100K a year while sitting in Pakistan. If they sit idle with that amount of money for their whole life, and do nothing, it’s a still a good bet. Obviously money can buy anything in the world. Someone said money cannot buy happiness…yes I agree …But now a days people value other people on five different things like if you have any of these:power,skills,beauty,money and education. People see you a total fool if you do not have money, even if you are talking the right thing. Your thoughts are valued if you are rich person.

Freelancers have a lot of freedom. They can work from anywhere, anytime. If you are a family guy, you can spend a lot more time with your family than in the traditional 9-5 job. You can participate in family events on any time. You can visit a lot of countries and places within country.

Computer technology is really about helping people. I truly believe that Pakistan has so much talent you cannot find anywhere in the world. The problem with Pakistani youth is that they do not have any guidance and a proper direction. There could not be any better thing to give to a person if you guide him in this field and be a source of his family support. You can develop different solutions to the country problems.

One of my mentor told me...take freelancing as a job, work from 8 hours a day.. do exercise, outing with friends and take one weekend day free...after all we do freelancing to have fun..The Greens should not destroy its very purpose of having fun :p

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