Thanks for the information. Till now I've been a freelance developer for more than 1 year, and things have been more clear for me.
As you said, one accountant also expressed the same thing, for example, you need to show that you've been looking for new clients actively, and you can also do some side project, even it is as small as fixing a PC for a friend...
I'd say that this rule itself is not very fare for software developers. For other jobs like plumber, one will have a lot of clients by nature. But for developers, usually one takes a big project, that requires one to sit in client's office working together with other developers or contractors. In this case, it's difficult to keep another major client, unless one finishes one project and goes into another one.
But I will keep doing this anyway, as it gives one a lot of freedom at work (for example, you don't need to attend most of the meetings, and also don't need to consider most of things other than the work itself). I had been working as permanent employees all the time until I started this contract job. I found that I could hardly work in one job for more than 2 years for various reasons, and this new style suits me quite well :-)
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Hi Jay,
Thanks for the information. Till now I've been a freelance developer for more than 1 year, and things have been more clear for me.
As you said, one accountant also expressed the same thing, for example, you need to show that you've been looking for new clients actively, and you can also do some side project, even it is as small as fixing a PC for a friend...
I'd say that this rule itself is not very fare for software developers. For other jobs like plumber, one will have a lot of clients by nature. But for developers, usually one takes a big project, that requires one to sit in client's office working together with other developers or contractors. In this case, it's difficult to keep another major client, unless one finishes one project and goes into another one.
But I will keep doing this anyway, as it gives one a lot of freedom at work (for example, you don't need to attend most of the meetings, and also don't need to consider most of things other than the work itself). I had been working as permanent employees all the time until I started this contract job. I found that I could hardly work in one job for more than 2 years for various reasons, and this new style suits me quite well :-)