Freelancing & Traveling

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1. F R E E L A N C I N G
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   L O C AT I O N I N D E P E N D E N C E
   B E N H U G H E S | @ R U B I E T Y
   H T T P : / / F L I G H T L E V E R A G E . C O M | H T T P : / / B E N H U G H E S . N A M E
   

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2. 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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3. 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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4. F R E E L A N C I N G S T Y L E S
   

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5. 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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6. G E T T I N G S TA R T E D
   

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7. 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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8. 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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9. W O R K I N G & T R AV E L I N G
   

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10. 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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11. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. W H E R E T O S TAY ?
    • Hostels, Couchsurfing
    • Hotels
    • Friends
    • Airbnb
    

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17. 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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18. W O R K I N G O F F L I N E
    

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22. T R AV E L H A C K I N G
    

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26. H I D D E N C I T Y T I C K E T I N G
    

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27. H I D D E N C I T Y T I C K E T I N G
    

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28. F R E Q U E N T F LY E R M I L E S
    

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29. 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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30. 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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34. 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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35. 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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36. F R E E L A N C I N G
    &
    L O C AT I O N I N D E P E N D E N C E
    B E N H U G H E S | @ R U B I E T Y
    H T T P : / / F L I G H T L E V E R A G E . C O M | H T T P : / / B E N H U G H E S . N A M E
    

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