It's rare that freelancers talk openly about money preferring to keep our experiences to ourselves. I'm different. Here's how I grew my business to...
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Thank you for sharing this, Dan. It's always helpful and illuminating to get a behind-the-scenes look into consultants' revenue and expenses. And congratulations on making this happen considering the difficult time we're in!
Thanks! It's rare that I see this sort of thing being shared so I wanted to help others out.
Loved the detailed breakdown of everything. It's always good to discover how consultants work in different countries and what issues do they have. And taxes... oh my... here in Russia, people are moaning that the 12% tax for consultants and freelancers is a pure robbery 😂
Thanks for the transparency.
To get some context, would you mind sharing a bit about your background? Work experience, education, etc.?
Sure! I had been working as a frontend developer for 4 years before going freelance - which will definitely contribute to the growth.
I worked exclusively on the frontend, integrating with many difference CMS and technologies including WordPress, CraftCMS, Kentico and stuff I'd practiced in my own time.
I now focus exclusively on headless technologies, providing the frontend for my clients. My preferred tools are react with Nextjs/Gatsby and tailwind but I'm flexible and can work to many different approaches.
Education-wise, I have a university degree but I don't even mention that to freelance clients. I wouldn't say it has been relevant since my second job.
Thanks, that puts it into perspective. I think freelancing can be a very attractive work model, but with sufficient experience.
As Jan said, thanks for the transparency. Eventhough there are things to consider as you have pointed out, your approach makes it look pretty achievable.
Thank you for the inspiration and for such a great piece!
Great work, it's really inspirational. I'm nowhere near your numbers as i also turned freelancing since the pandemic started.
I'm curious though how do you usually find and reach out to clients during lockdown ?
My presence on twitter has been extremely helpful and people there helped me find work, mostly through referrals which has been great!
This is interesting and I am now following you here (and on twitter) to see more what this is all about. Are you going to enter the #dohackathon here at dev.to? I completed my entry and would really be interested in your feedback on my UI design. If you get a chance, take a look and let me know what you think.
I love that you're willing to put your self out there to share this kind of information! Thank you for sharing! You're a real one!
It's only numbers, and it helps that I can use it to make the title a little more clickable. It's important that people have an understanding of the impact of expenses, and I'm always happy to use myself as an example! 😁
I wish it were that easy and straight-forward.