Freelancer Survival Guide

A talk I gave at FOWD 2010 on freelancing

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1. FREELANCER
   SURVIVAL GUIDE
   @anna_debenham
   

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6. Screenshot from Fallout 3 by Bethesda Software Ltd.
   

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7. THE FREELANCING
   LANDSCAPE
   

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8. A List Apart Survey Report 2008
   

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9. FreelanceSwitch Survey Report 2008
   

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10. FreelanceSwitch Survey Report 2008
    

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11. FreelanceSwitch Survey Report 2008
    

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12. FreelanceSwitch Survey Report 2008
    

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13. BASICS OF SURVIVAL
    

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14. BASIC NEEDS
    

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15. SAFETY & SECURITY
    BASIC NEEDS
    

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16. FreelanceSwitch Survey Report 2008
    

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18. FreelanceSwitch Survey Report 2008
    

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19. LOVE & BELONGING
    SAFETY & SECURITY
    BASIC NEEDS
    

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20. SELF ESTEEM
    LOVE & BELONGING
    SAFETY & SECURITY
    BASIC NEEDS
    

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21. SELF
    ACTUALISATION
    SELF ESTEEM
    LOVE & BELONGING
    SAFETY & SECURITY
    BASIC NEEDS
    

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22. FreelanceSwitch Survey Report 2008
    

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23. Albert Einstein
    “ One should guard against
    preaching to young people
    success in the customary
    form as the main aim in life.
    The most important motive
    for work in school and in life
    is pleasure in work, pleasure
    in its result, and the
    knowledge of the value of
    the result to the community
    

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24. Hermain Cain
    “ Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is
    the key to success. If you love what you are doing,
    you will be successful.
    

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25. SELF
    ACTUALISATION
    SELF ESTEEM
    LOVE & BELONGING
    SAFETY & SECURITY
    BASIC NEEDS
    

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26. SURVIVAL BAG
    

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28. SETTING UP CAMP
    

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29. FreelanceSwitch Survey Report 2008
    

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30. Five Minutes’ Peace by Jill Murphy
    

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34. SURVIVE OR THRIVE
    

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39. :) ?
    

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42. AVOIDING HAZARDS
    

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51. If you do not already take some form of payment
    prior to launching a site, no matter how difficult you
    think it might be, I urge you to re-think as I have
    never lost business due to it. While you are in
    possession of your hard work and while the client
    wants possession of their new website, the ball is in
    your court.
    http://sazzy.co.uk/2009/04/why-payment-prior-to-launch-is-so-important
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    Sarah Parmenter
    

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52. http://24ways.org/2008/contract-killer
    

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53. HUNTING & FORAGING
    

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54. FreelanceSwitch Survey Report 2008
    

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62. MAKING A FIRE
    

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65. Habit Fields by Jack Cheng on A List Apart
    

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67. http://getconcentrating.com/
    

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68. KEEPING WARM
    

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69. 22% 22%
    43%
    13%
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76. £500 over 4 weeks divided by 2 people works out
    at £1.56 per hour – I’m not showing you those
    sums to be patronising at all, please don’t think
    that, but I’m just merely trying to point out why it
    would have to be increased considerably before we
    could look to producing the site for you.
    http://sazzy.co.uk/2009/04/why-i-cant-build-a-website-for-500
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    Sarah Parmenter
    

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77. SIGNALLING FOR RESCUE
    

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81. DISASTER MANAGEMENT
    

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85. SURVIVING THE
    WILDERNESS
    

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86. Screenshot from Fallout 3 by Bethesda Software Ltd.
    

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87. Screenshot from Fallout 3 by Bethesda Software Ltd.
    

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88. Screenshot from Fallout 3 by Bethesda Software Ltd.
    

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89. Screenshot from Fallout 3 by Bethesda Software Ltd.
    

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90. Screenshot from Fallout 3 by Bethesda Software Ltd.
    

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91. Screenshot from Fallout 3 by Bethesda Software Ltd.
    

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92. Screenshot from Fallout 3 by Bethesda Software Ltd.
    

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93. Screenshot from Fallout 3 by Bethesda Software Ltd.
    

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94. THANK YOU!
    

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