[thelist] Requests for interviews Re: Has it come to that? (fwd)
Tony Crockford
tonyc at boldfish.co.uk
Tue Dec 3 04:51:01 CST 2002
>Behalf Of Ben Henick
>That those of us freelancing very much like the lifestyle, is the easy
>answer to my questions. But IMO that answer sucks.
I think if you ask the question "how did you come to freelancing" you
will find the true answer:
Freelancers don't like working for a "boss".
Freelancers are independent thinkers that like to make their own
decisions about how and when they work.
down the ages freelancer also meant mercenary - the best available to
any master as long as the price was paid.
But in the way that you can't shackle a mercenary a Freelance webhead
hates to be cubicled.
That's not to say freelancers don't work well in teams, just that
they're task motivated (think magnificent seven) - once the project is
done they're back to they're own agenda.
what's really needed is good management that understands freelance
mentality and can create a team to get the task done without trying to
control the way it gets done or the way the team interacts - that's the
missing factor.
Maybe?
Tony
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