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Freelancing & Traveling

Ben Hughes
August 24, 2016
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Freelancing & Traveling

Ben Hughes

August 24, 2016
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  1. 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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  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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