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What Does True Freelancing Cost? Pt. 2
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Good list, both parts 1 & 2. As a full-time freelancer, I can relate to each and every point. I was surprised at the omission of two things I find to be a big cost of freelancing, though: having to foot the bill completely on your own for both health insurance, and any kind of retirement fund (no employer matching what you contribute or anything like that). Those two in particular have been a double-whammy on my budget planning.
But overall, great list and amusing read.
I’m really enjoying this series, keep up the great work! Maybe someday I’ll build up the clientele and the guile to go fulltime freelance :)
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@ Amanda Cobb — Thanks for the read and the comments. Now what are these ‘health insurance and retirement fund’ things of which you speak? Seriously though, our bad for neglecting them. Perhaps we will have to do one more in the future.
@Andrew — Much appreciated, Andrew. This series is tentatively wrapped so I’m glad it was enjoyable. Though there’s talk of a third…but mainly it’s just me. I’d say you’ve got the guile, so we look forward to your embrace of the darkside.
Love the humor and the solid points.
I’ve been running an informal survey on the biggest challenges freelances face around setting fees. 37% say they are afraid to charge too much.
I hope your posts will help address that fear. We’re a lot more likely to charge too little.
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