Comments on: Making your own career as a freelancer http://talentegg.ca/incubator/2009/03/making-your-own-career/ Career Canada | Career opportunities |Job Career Advice | Job Guide Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:23:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Twenty-something: Q&A with a front-end web developer | TalentEgg Career Incubator http://talentegg.ca/incubator/2009/03/making-your-own-career/comment-page-1/#comment-1488 Twenty-something: Q&A with a front-end web developer | TalentEgg Career Incubator Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:48:31 +0000 http://talentegg.ca/incubator/?p=667#comment-1488 [...] started taking freelancing more seriously two years ago once my skill set aligned with industry standards. I started under the [...] [...] started taking freelancing more seriously two years ago once my skill set aligned with industry standards. I started under the [...]

]]> By: Thursday Bram http://talentegg.ca/incubator/2009/03/making-your-own-career/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Thursday Bram Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:53:10 +0000 http://talentegg.ca/incubator/?p=667#comment-149 Thank you for linking to my blog as a resource. I would like to caution your readers, however, that building a freelance career can still take quite a bit of time. I freelanced throughout college and went full-time when I graduated. It took me over a year to be making the equivalent of a full-time salary from my freelancing work. It's true that more people are willing to give you at least an entry point into freelancing, but lower barriers to entry translate into lower pay. That may not be an issue for a student only looking for part-time work — but it can be an issue if you're relying on freelancing as your sole source of support. Thank you for linking to my blog as a resource. I would like to caution your readers, however, that building a freelance career can still take quite a bit of time. I freelanced throughout college and went full-time when I graduated. It took me over a year to be making the equivalent of a full-time salary from my freelancing work.

It’s true that more people are willing to give you at least an entry point into freelancing, but lower barriers to entry translate into lower pay. That may not be an issue for a student only looking for part-time work — but it can be an issue if you’re relying on freelancing as your sole source of support.

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