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Hatem Houssein

When I speak to young developers who have just finished school, the question I often ask them: "Why don't you try freelancing ?".

Maybe they don't know yet why they need to freelance. Without any prior office experience, it seems more extensive effort without a relevant reason. Happened to me when I first started working after graduation. After sometime, I realized why freelancing cons can outweigh normal 9-5 jobs' cons.

For example, you struggle with the CEO in sometimes at work which showed you that freelancing would save you from these situations (not really, because clients are pretty much the same). But to a junior, these office-clashes are unknown and irrelevant to them.