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Most people start freelancing in search of personal freedom and financial independence. “You know for sure that you can do more than at the office, and it’s inspiring. The plans are to squeeze the working day up to 3-4 hours and to conquer the world, plus earn certainly not less than your former boss”. Unfortunately, sometimes the whole plot develops by an alternative script: after a few years, you discover that life has turned into a solid working day, which is interrupted (if lucky) only for sleep and food, and incomes remain as unstable as the Bitcoin course. About how freelancers succeed, written a lot of information....
Every freelancer knows that successful remote work requires the ability to plan tasks, prioritize and optimize your time. As well as having high communication skills, financial literacy and marketing basics. But that's not all! Reveal some unobvious tricks that will help you keep up more during the day in today’s article! 1. Wake up earlierEven if you're an “owl” by nature and work more productively at night, try to get up at least an hour earlier than you are used to, and devote this time to something important....
Gig-economy is the concept, which appeared quite recently but has already firmly secured its position. The essence of the phenomenon is a fundamental change in the labor market, its transition from jobs with constant employment from one employer, to temporary projects from different companies from one independent employee. In other words, gig- economy means freelancing. Delloite's research shows that nowadays each third American worker is a freelancer. And expected that it will only increase over the years! Companies in all industries, in particular, Airbnb and Uber, hire freelancers even more often than full-time employees....
“Being a part of a team? What nonsense! I know and can do so much even in 15 minutes, while for others it would take 2 weeks. I earn as much as many others have never dreamed of. I can do this and that. Why do I need a team? How can I trust someone to do a part of my work? . . ....
Freelance, as a type of employment, is becoming increasingly popular every day. Indeed, for many people, it represents not only an additional opportunities for self-realization, traveling and earning more, but also a lot of other advantages, such as the pleasure of work. However, freelancing is not suitable for everyone, nohow. We won’t point out social package and insurance policy, paid vacations and public holidays, FSA, 401К, maternity leave, different employee assistance programs etc. We only mention inner psychological issues. On the one hand hyperactive extroverts can spend more time on networking and online presence, so they could gain a huge clients base and useful kith with ease....
So, you’ve decided to leave the office but you still need to eat and pay the bills? Don't get discouraged, become a freelancer! Fortunately, today there is a great variety for choice: admin support, design and art field, programming, marketing, architecture, engineering, business consultations, financial and legal services etc. And the flexible schedule allows you to leave the full life to do whatever you want whenever you decide. Analyze who you are and what you want to do. Think over about things that can bring you both pleasure and money. Then measure your skills and knowledge and choose something fitting!...
The dozens of software appear every day, so the testing direction is developing rapidly. Few years ago it was possible to get a job as a QA manager almost without knowledge and experience but in 2019 it`s more difficult to do so. We have compiled a list of key skills and abilities each QA should have. Firstly, let's point out who QA engineer is....
