Question, have any Canadian freelancers made the jump to freelancing in the States? How did you do it? And what are the pros/cons outside of proofing for "colour", "neighbour", "honour", etc?

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How is the freelance in Canada? I would love to jump from the US.

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It sounds similar to the U.S.

As in, it's tough.

The big agency mergers / consolidations have meant a lot of people hitting the freelance market -- either through layoffs, or people quitting because of the added nonsense (having do more with less time, less people, less money, etc).

I know some people have had steady work, and others that have been looking for months and months.

But if you were considering freelancing in Canada from the U.S. that math is tough.

Canadian budgets are much smaller and the exchange rate is like 70 cents to the dollar -- so you'd probably be taking a haircut on rate, and then getting rinsed on the exchange.

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