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It ain’t easy. I have a boring in house corporate job, and a freelance agency job with some teams I built up with over several years. Juggling meetings is the hardest part. You can only cancel so many times or have doctors appointments so often. There’s also sometimes just not enough time in the day so you work -always-
If I had two full time full throttle jobs, I would never be able to do it. It really depends on the level of effort and work required at both.
Money is nice tho
Sometimes I double book edit jobs and if neither job knows, (this is only freelance) it’s less about the workload than the expectation of being in meetings / edit sessions and what happens if they overlap? I basically can only do it if one job knows or if I know ahead of time they won’t keep me on zoom. Otherwise it’s a mess and I’m stressed beyond belief. So that’s the part you really need to think through. Also think about any contracts you’re signing and conflicts.
I personally can’t do it. The most I can manage is one full time and one part time. Like an in-house, boring full time and an agency part time.
Then it’s easy to schedule meetings because the part time knows you *probably* have other part time gigs and you can just tell them “Another meeting/etc”.
But even then I do this rarely. It’s more an old partner reaches out to do something super fun or that could be a portfolio piece or a nice chunk of change. So it’s rare I’m double dipping, but sometimes it’s worth it, especially if one of the jobs is really light.