I’ve big news: I’ve left my 9-5 job to freelance full-time.

For a while now, I’ve offered my development services to clients in free time. I’ve consulted with startups on strategy, built apps for agencies, and even done some photography and writing. What inspired me to do this is that it’s fun – I love meeting new people, working on new projects, and helping people. Starting today, I’ve taken the leap to make this my full-time job, and I’m so excited to see where this takes me. Taking on a new job has always seemed to me like a big risk – you need to make a life-changing decision with limited information. And every choice comes with a series of compromises, including being a freelancer vs. being an employee – for instance, guarantee of income, commuting, use of an office, withholding tax, etc.

Last time I took a job I did it with a company I had never heard of before, and it was only after a few months of working there that I understood the decision I made. I think this is another one of those cases, where I don’t have the experience of being exclusively a freelancer yet, and so I can not in principle know the consequences of my decision. Perhaps this is part of the appeal, because I know I am excited to do this, just like I was excited to take my last job. I’ll be documenting my experience on this blog to help people in the future make this decision with more information. Thanks for reading and feel free to reach out to me if you’d like to work on a project together!