{"id":3158,"date":"2010-02-01T02:29:23","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T07:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=3158"},"modified":"2010-02-01T02:29:23","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T07:29:23","slug":"repost12-reasons-you-shouldnt-freelance-freelancefolder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2010\/02\/01\/repost12-reasons-you-shouldnt-freelance-freelancefolder\/","title":{"rendered":"rePost::12 Reasons You Shouldn\u2019t Freelance &#124; FreelanceFolder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you work in IT you hear this a lot, hell I&#8217;ve said this a lot of times years ago. Then you realize that being an introvert is not the best thing for someone who wants to freelance. This is a nice point by point takedown of the most common reasons people want to freelance. Interesting read.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Freelancing Is the Best Job Ever<br \/>\nBut, it\u2019s also the hardest and most demanding job ever. It can be frustrating because you have no one else to share the business duties with. People, including clients, misunderstand what you do and may not think you\u2019re a real business who charges real rates for real work.<br \/>\nThat being said, I do believe it\u2019s the best job ever. Really, I wouldn\u2019t go back to a full-time job, even if they offered me a six figure salary. Like everything else, it has it\u2019s drawbacks but it also has lots of good perks.<br \/>\nThe important thing is to make sure you really like working independently and you have the drive to do this all by yourself. The freedom and satisfaction from being able to control your own career is reward in itself.<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/freelancefolder.com\/12-reasons-you-shouldnt-freelance\/\">12 Reasons You Shouldn\u2019t Freelance | FreelanceFolder<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you work in IT you hear this a lot, hell I&#8217;ve said this a lot of times years ago. Then you realize that being an introvert is not the best thing for someone who wants to freelance. This is a nice point by point takedown of the most common reasons people want to freelance. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2010\/02\/01\/repost12-reasons-you-shouldnt-freelance-freelancefolder\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;rePost::12 Reasons You Shouldn\u2019t Freelance &#124; FreelanceFolder&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,79,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advice-for-the-day","category-reposts","category-workcareer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}