Freelancer Survival Guide

A talk I gave at FOWD 2010 on freelancing

Transcript

1. FREELANCER SURVIVAL GUIDE @anna_debenham
6. Screenshot from Fallout 3 by Bethesda Software Ltd.
7. THE FREELANCING LANDSCAPE
8. A List Apart Survey Report 2008
9. FreelanceSwitch Survey Report 2008
10. FreelanceSwitch Survey Report 2008
11. FreelanceSwitch Survey Report 2008
12. FreelanceSwitch Survey Report 2008
13. BASICS OF SURVIVAL
14. BASIC NEEDS
15. SAFETY & SECURITY BASIC NEEDS
16. FreelanceSwitch Survey Report 2008
17. FreelanceSwitch Survey Report 2008
18. FreelanceSwitch Survey Report 2008
19. LOVE & BELONGING SAFETY & SECURITY BASIC NEEDS
20. SELF ESTEEM LOVE & BELONGING SAFETY & SECURITY BASIC NEEDS
21. SELF ACTUALISATION SELF ESTEEM LOVE & BELONGING SAFETY & SECURITY BASIC NEEDS
22. FreelanceSwitch Survey Report 2008
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
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.
25. SELF ACTUALISATION SELF ESTEEM LOVE & BELONGING SAFETY & SECURITY BASIC NEEDS
26. SURVIVAL BAG
28. SETTING UP CAMP
29. FreelanceSwitch Survey Report 2008
30. Five Minutes’ Peace by Jill Murphy
34. SURVIVE OR THRIVE
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42. AVOIDING HAZARDS
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 “ Sarah Parmenter
52. http://24ways.org/2008/contract-killer
53. HUNTING & FORAGING
54. FreelanceSwitch Survey Report 2008
62. MAKING A FIRE
65. Habit Fields by Jack Cheng on A List Apart
67. http://getconcentrating.com/
68. KEEPING WARM
69. 22% 22% 43% 13% FreelanceSwitch Survey Report 2008
70. FreelanceSwitch Survey Report 2008
71. FreelanceSwitch Survey Report 2008
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 “ Sarah Parmenter
77. SIGNALLING FOR RESCUE
81. DISASTER MANAGEMENT
85. SURVIVING THE WILDERNESS
86. Screenshot from Fallout 3 by Bethesda Software Ltd.
87. Screenshot from Fallout 3 by Bethesda Software Ltd.
88. Screenshot from Fallout 3 by Bethesda Software Ltd.
89. Screenshot from Fallout 3 by Bethesda Software Ltd.
90. Screenshot from Fallout 3 by Bethesda Software Ltd.
91. Screenshot from Fallout 3 by Bethesda Software Ltd.
92. Screenshot from Fallout 3 by Bethesda Software Ltd.
93. Screenshot from Fallout 3 by Bethesda Software Ltd.
94. THANK YOU!