For more than 15 years I have had the pleasure of working freelance, or as a consultant, which might sound more exclusive :-)
Since the beginning I have worked with a broad variety of clients. In the first years mostly Danish, but for every year my client list gets more international. Now 90% of my clients are international. I do both normal and white label development for some great agencies in the US.
I have worked with top brands like Philips, LEGO, Velux, Volkswagen, HBO and B&O.
However I have also had to turn down some amazing projects. Once I turned down coca-cola.com! I have also turned down projects for Facebook and Google. All of them because my calendar was full. It hurts a little saying no to great projects, but I have had periods where I tried accepting all projects that came in. The result was that I was stressed out and soon after burned out. And there's a risk that it affects the quality of my work, which I cannot risk.
Working as a frontend developer that relies on networking and a great portfolio, the quality of my work has to be consistent. This is also the reason I haven't partnered with anyone (or hired junior developers). However it's also a small curse to not be able to delegate or share work, so this is something I'm slowly opening up to. I don't dream of a managing role, but it would be great with partnerships and closer collaborations.
Please let me know if you are looking for a freelance frontend consultant.
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