How do you balance FT freelance contracts with ongoing, one-off freelance client work? For me the trickiest part is not knowing when I will be free for meetings with the one-off clients.

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I triple-dipped for 6 weeks last year. The money was great but workload was insane. Nights. Weekends. It wasn’t worth the stress in the end. Now, I’ll only double-dip.

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This. I almost lost my mind.

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I made $54k in December. Absolute insanity but pretty great.

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Wow North American prices! In the UK you're looking at £500-600 a day, if you've got 13 years experience...but then again free healthcare, and we don't have to tip on everything and tax is built in... But Brexit and Covid has shot our economy down to struggling to get £400 day rate

Yeh I'd still take your NA Prices

That’s the game, son. If you don’t like it, don’t play.

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I have a day-to-day and lots of side pitches. If there are conflicts, I send my partner in to cover the pitch meetings.

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I.e., does a day rate mean you get 8 hours of my time, just not necessarily 9-5? It feels like a recipe for disaster but also a necessity to keep smaller, ongoing projects in my client mix. (I realize this is a good problem to have and I am eternally grateful for all the advice I’ve gotten in this bowl!)

I’m FT freelance with an agency 8hrs a day, with two other side projects. I just do my best to avoid meeting conflicts but sometimes it’s unavoidable. I personally prioritize the FT freelance project because I care about that job the most, and if there’s an overlap, I tell one-off projects that I have a conflict.

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Thanks everyone! This game is pretty sweet. I really appreciate all the advice.

I’d love to know if you typically charge day rates, monthly fee or hourly

project rates with defined scopes/timelines.

You have to be brutally honest with the side gig in all stages, and ask them to give ample notice for meetings and presentations (I always ask for 3 business days.)

Most will understand that what they’re paying you isn’t a living wage, so giving them full transparency and mutual respect goes a long way.

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In the beginning of the month I started working at a new place for a promising client, but realized the team is absolutely disorganized and no one is willing to do much. I haven’t gotten onboarding from my team and no one takes notes... is it bad to start looking again?

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Hi TCSers,


Will we have any project specific interview or client interview before joining TCS?

Will it more like a round to reject further?

Im really worried.I still have 35 days of notice period left and I received a call from a TCS employee today and she asked me to share my resume to a project manager when asked she said it is for its tracking purpose.

Please let me know.

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New to due diligence and not sure the timeline of projects. Tips to stay organized of the project and timeline, and how to update those leading the deal? Just keep track of new info and provide as necessary?

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Hello,

I will be joining PWC AC Bangalore in couple of weeks for SAP tech stack.
I am joining from a product based company. So wanted to know how we are assigned to projects. Will there be any client interviews. If yes will it be very tough? Do we get a say in the projects we can get to work or its usually assigned and we have to take it up.

Thank You.


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For the folks who do freelance work, do you do more consulting / advisory (get on the phone and talk) or project work (deliverable based work)? What are your thoughts on a platform that focuses on video-conference based advisory work - and not the bid on project type of work?

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My client asked me to come full time. They is ok to give me position in the Bay Area office. He offered me a Project Manager role or Principle Software Engineer role if I want to stay technical. Cont.

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Virtusa 23.5 fixed
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Guys I have resigned 2 weeks ago
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