Hello DEV.TO community. Some great posts from various authors here have been surfaced lately on my Pixel (swipe-left topic feed) and so I dove in (finally) on my laptop and joined.
I've been a designer/developer since the early days of "pixel perfect designs" and I have "freelanced" for over a decade - aka been only self-employed. It's been a wild ride, with feast and famine cycles. But always being self-determined was the way I lived my life, working with clients while traveling around the world (Brazil to New Zealand and in between). As a front-end UX specialist, I mostly built designs, partnered with developers, and managed clients.
Now I am part of two startups, working with amazing people and cofounders (yes, out of the client-chasing realm).
I am happy to offer advice to anyone striking out on their own... your business model matters more than you think!
Hello DEV.TO community. Some great posts from various authors here have been surfaced lately on my Pixel (swipe-left topic feed) and so I dove in (finally) on my laptop and joined.
I've been a designer/developer since the early days of "pixel perfect designs" and I have "freelanced" for over a decade - aka been only self-employed. It's been a wild ride, with feast and famine cycles. But always being self-determined was the way I lived my life, working with clients while traveling around the world (Brazil to New Zealand and in between). As a front-end UX specialist, I mostly built designs, partnered with developers, and managed clients.
Now I am part of two startups, working with amazing people and cofounders (yes, out of the client-chasing realm).
I am happy to offer advice to anyone striking out on their own... your business model matters more than you think!
cheers.
Welcome Paul!
Anyone interested in helping others will fit right in here 😊