Archive for September, 2007

Every single day, as you work on a project, you are putting yourself out of a job. If you don’t have another one lined up, that can be a scary feeling. In fact, that feeling is exactly what stops most people from going independent. The fix is simple but you will certainly have to leave your comfort zone. You will need to learn how to sell yourself and your services.
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You could be. In fact, you probably are, and there is nothing wrong with that, as long as it is intentional. I’m down with investing my time, but I’d rather surf or nuzzle my wife than work for free. I’m sure you can all relate.

Let me share how this article came to be. I was about to write a carefully crafted argument on how tracking your time directly affects your income. Then I realized the dialog I just finished with my friend on IM says it better than any argument I might make. I asked for permission to post our chat, she reviewed, sealed, stamped and delivered.

So, to set the stage, we were gabbing along about life drama and all and suddenly, mid conversation, she pulled a little IM judo and slipped in some business:
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It’s over. Word’s out: you can get online at a coffee shop for real cheap - lots cheaper than paying an office rent, and the drinks are better anyway. There are dozens of people with laptops in almost every place with a free wifi connection. Students downloading torrents, guys in suits tethered to their slogging, bandwidth hogging exchange servers, hipsters making music, yoga moms surfing web. I’ve seen homeless-looking guys seem pulling out beaten up old laptops and getting online. Yeah, our local shop Lulu’s is still fun, but you better bring your own cellular internet access if you want to do any real work - the network is too busy. If you can even get a table…
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