Some Thoughts On Freelance

07,08 some of my freelance period in some of my feelings and harvest. After all, is very easy a question and answer.

First, ask yourself doing freelance at the time of that state of feeling, which is important experience or harvest?

This problem has two interpretations: one is to ask I feel at that time; the other was his own feelings.

Now recall, is that the liberal professions and business, there are two different feelings, but all I like the feeling, it can be said that each has its advantages. Freelance, when life is freedom, flexibility, there are a lot of time with my girlfriend. However, products of the project, there is no control, there is no way to operate a big business, these are the business before you can appreciate;

At that time, the feeling, is relatively simple: freedom, its own way. With you now feel a lot of freelancers should be similar.

Experience and the harvest, I think mainly two things:

Expression and logic
Since I do the project more exposure to European and American people, logical thinking and communication skills to improve the most. Europe and the Chinese people do not like, they are more powerful, especially when there is logic behind it, so there are objections to the project, if you do not know the expression, or fuzzy logic, any comments will be shot back;
Time management
I do the project more independent. Therefore, unlike the original work, as someone you manage progress. I had a lot of progress to control, communicate with people. Said one way, the business and found more time to improve management capacity, if the lack of capacity, suffer a great start;
Second, now you have to start a business, if your company has outsourced to freelance, then you have to pick what kind of package requirements? Give them some advice?

Currently our main demand is the art of outsourcing this one. I simply look at it:

Professional skills must be excellent, even beyond the full-time employees. Must have previous work to prove their abilities;
Have a project, the progress of management concepts, know how to return to work agreement on how the meeting. Google Docs, Calendar, or to master these tools can quickly understand, is very important;
Know how to send e-mail, basic skills, such as the reply to all, CC, BCC, etc.;
In accordance with the agreed time, regular face to face communication;
Third, as the Employer, you have complete freedom to work in part-time and freelancers have different views?

As the Employer, I actually do not mind whether the other part-time. Originally the project is a freelance contract rather than on people. He does not come to my work. I only care about the project progress, quality, integrity of intellectual property rights, and so on. # 2 can actually listed a few points well, I am very happy.

Fourth, the current will be on your freelance needs? What the future, this demand will likely change?

Above # 2 said that. Some, mainly art needs. The art of the future will demand little change.

In fact, the needs of freelancers, there are several characteristics can be summarized:

Large, relatively the same work content;
Independent, such as I had done on Google and Automattic is a standalone product (such as VideoPress front-end design and implementation, and now there may be other changes);
Highly specialized, both sides need to focus on docking interface;


The need for close communication and team work , it does not find freelancers to do. Not because freelancers poor, but because of time and communication costs and other factors cause this choice will inevitably lose-lose.