You know when you go to a networking event that is low key with no pressure, just friendly welcoming people that are just their to get to know you - networking that is a casual social affair. No clique snobby groups. The kind of event where you can see strategic partnerships and people finding new opportunities happening all the time. All this in fun relaxed environment with your fellow industry peers.
Following on from the Downside of Freelancing post, for every downside there is an upside, the flipside of the coin As you would expect the upside of freelancing out weighs the negative aspects, or you would hope so.
That said sometimes the benefits that I’ve outlining below will appear to be mostly on the positive side, but not to put a negative spin on them, some can have a few little traps if you don’t watch out for them.
This can put a dampener on your freelancing lifestyle. But as with anything this does depend on your personality and expectations.
Over the years I have been freelancing in the web industry it has been peppered with it’s good and bad times, when you look back on these times you can see a distinct pattern of things that are good and bad aspects of the freelance lifestyle. Okay this is not going to have every solution to freelancing, but at least you get another view point and a few ideas. Now I’m not discouraging people from taking up freelancing, far from it. It]s just a very good idea if you are considering getting into freelancing that you understand the full implications of what you are taking on. This is the first of a two part article.
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