Comments on: More Lessons in Freelancing http://www.protocolostomy.com/2009/05/26/more-lessons-in-freelancing/ Made with only the finest 1's and 0's Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:20:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: m0j0 http://www.protocolostomy.com/2009/05/26/more-lessons-in-freelancing/comment-page-1/#comment-16053 m0j0 Wed, 27 May 2009 03:20:10 +0000 http://www.protocolostomy.com/?p=528#comment-16053 Oh yeah, that's another thing about freelancing: you work on-site for a client, and by lunchtime you have 5 calls to return, or you schedule lunch at 1pm to get on a conference call with a client or business partner. Google chat, skype, IRC and email are always humming. The other day I serviced 4 clients in one day. I'm a little ADD and it can get kinda nuts. I knew that going in and thought it might be my downfall, but as it turns out my brain is far more at home in chaos than in boredom. :) Clients who force me to work on-site pay a higher rate, because it means being largely unavailable to other clients. I almost never work on-site unless I'm delivering training. Normally, I'm developing content for training while running 2 projects concurrently, and that's an ok pace to run at. For whatever reason, clients who want on-site training always want *custom* training, not prepackaged training, so I do a lot of content development. Oh yeah, that’s another thing about freelancing: you work on-site for a client, and by lunchtime you have 5 calls to return, or you schedule lunch at 1pm to get on a conference call with a client or business partner. Google chat, skype, IRC and email are always humming. The other day I serviced 4 clients in one day. I’m a little ADD and it can get kinda nuts. I knew that going in and thought it might be my downfall, but as it turns out my brain is far more at home in chaos than in boredom. :)

Clients who force me to work on-site pay a higher rate, because it means being largely unavailable to other clients. I almost never work on-site unless I’m delivering training.

Normally, I’m developing content for training while running 2 projects concurrently, and that’s an ok pace to run at. For whatever reason, clients who want on-site training always want *custom* training, not prepackaged training, so I do a lot of content development.

]]> By: Matt Simmons http://www.protocolostomy.com/2009/05/26/more-lessons-in-freelancing/comment-page-1/#comment-16052 Matt Simmons Wed, 27 May 2009 03:08:41 +0000 http://www.protocolostomy.com/?p=528#comment-16052 I've never really considered freelancing, but it's interesting to look at it from that perspective. I imagine it takes some practice to build mental walls around different clients when you're working for several. How many projects do you run concurrently? I’ve never really considered freelancing, but it’s interesting to look at it from that perspective. I imagine it takes some practice to build mental walls around different clients when you’re working for several.

How many projects do you run concurrently?

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