Freelancing & Traveling

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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
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
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
4. F R E E L A N C I N G S T Y L E S
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
6. G E T T I N G S TA R T E D
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
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
9. W O R K I N G & T R AV E L I N G
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
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
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)?
15. W H E R E T O G E T M A I L ? • Digital Mail (Earth Class Mail) • UPS Store Mailbox • Parents
16. W H E R E T O S TAY ? • Hostels, Couchsurfing • Hotels • Friends • Airbnb
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
18. W O R K I N G O F F L I N E
22. T R AV E L H A C K I N G
26. H I D D E N C I T Y T I C K E T I N G
27. H I D D E N C I T Y T I C K E T I N G
28. F R E Q U E N T F LY E R M I L E S
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 !
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
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
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
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