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W H Y F R E E L A N C E ?
• Full Control
• Location Flexibility
• Decide how much to work
• Project Variety
• Productivity Rewarded
• Better Marginal Decision-Making
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W H Y N O T F R E E L A N C E ?
• Income variability
• Stress variability
• You’re ephemeral
• Lack of camaraderie & office banter
• Pipeline Management Overhead
• Business & Government Compliance Overhead
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F R E E L A N C I N G S T Y L E S
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B U S I N E S S F O R M AT I O N
• Sole Proprietorship / Partnership
• LLC
• S-Corp
• C-Corp
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G E T T I N G S TA R T E D
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C L I E N T R E L AT I O N S H I P
• Communicate early & often
• Be Firm with Expectations
• Double or Triple Time Estimates
• Stay Within Allocated Budget
• Clear Invoices & Precise Time Entries
• Don’t over-promise
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T O O L S I U S E
• GitHub & GitHub Issues
• Heroku
• Freshbooks (Accounting)
• Docracy for Contracts
• Skype & Google Hangouts
• Jing for Screencasts
• Text File & vim for Task Management
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W O R K I N G & T R AV E L I N G
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P R O G R A M M E R S A R E
U N I Q U E LY P O S I T I O N E D T O
W O R K F R O M A N Y W H E R E
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W O R K & T R AV E L N E E D
N O T B E D I S C R E T E
S T R I K I N G T H E R I G H T
B A L A N C E
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C O N S I D E R N O M A D I N G :
• Can you work remotely?
• Get restless in one place?
• Love variety of cultures, food, people, circumstance?
• Enjoy riding on airplanes (or boats, trains)?
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W H E R E T O G E T M A I L ?
• Digital Mail (Earth Class Mail)
• UPS Store Mailbox
• Parents
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W H E R E T O S TAY ?
• Hostels, Couchsurfing
• Hotels
• Friends
• Airbnb
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W H E R E T O W O R K ?
• Coffee Shops
• Coworking Spaces (Day Passes)
• At Home (Airbnb, Hotel, Hostel)
• At the Airport
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W O R K I N G O F F L I N E
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T R AV E L H A C K I N G
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H I D D E N C I T Y T I C K E T I N G
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H I D D E N C I T Y T I C K E T I N G
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F R E Q U E N T F LY E R M I L E S
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M I L E S C A N B E
A C C R U E D T O A N D
R E D E E M E D O N
A N Y O T H E R A I R L I N E I N
T H E A L L I A N C E !
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A D VA N TA G E S O F U S I N G M I L E S
• Last-Minute Travel (Funerals, Random Trips, Binds)
• Lower Cancelation Fees, Free for Top Elites
• Flexible Routing Rules
• Stopovers & Open Jaws
• Premium Cabins
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T R AV E L H A C K I N G R E S O U R C E S
• FlyerTalk, MilePoint
• One Mile at a Time
• View from the Wing
• The Points Guy
• MileValue
• HackMyTrip.com
• TheFlightDeal.com
• FlyerTalk Mileage Runs Forum
• Flight Fishing
• Google Flights
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I T ’ S A N I N C R E D I B L E T I M E I N
H U M A N H I S T O RY
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