Confessions of a freelance web developer

Happy new year to everyone!

It has been just over 2 years for my freelancing career.  Even though it’s a rough ride you’ll be amazed to see how addictive the freedom can be.

It seems like a bold move in Sri Lanka where society measures a person with his/her permanent job and office kit.

I was so pissed off working under people/companies. In any place one or more of the following is guaranteed.

• Your freedom is owned by the company
• Dumb office politics
• Chubby, heartless boss or manger
• Working long hours and on holidays with no extra pay
• Crappy office rules and a HR
• Promotions are made for favors not talent.
• Brainless/zombie daily routines
• Under value your importance by threatening that there are many people to take your place
• Only way to succeed is to betray your self-respect.

Hey, but who am I to judge. They own the f...ing business and I’m just an employee. The only way out was to start my own thing. So I did and never looked back.

The freelance road is rough and filled with obstacles. It’s the price you have to pay if you value freedom the most.

• Finding projects are not easy (sometimes you don’t get work for weeks) this is mostly true when you just started freelancing.
• You have to fill in multiple roles (boss, accountant, sectary, HR, marketing, developer)
• Handling shitty clients face to face
• Sometimes you work so hard on projects for long periods of time, you loose track of time and social life.
• You loose track of the beard, hehehe