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Independent Web Design: Is it practical?

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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	I tried doing the same thing over the last year. I used to freelance and did very well with it, but at that time it was my only job and I wasn't married. I am currently my companies IT/Web/Whatever else guy. Many of our clients have approached me about doing websites for them. Personally, I work a lot of overtime and when I do have some free time, the last thing I really want to do is work on another website. Of the 3 clients I ended up taking on in the last year, 2 were family friends, and 1 was as a favor to my wife's best friend who has a web design company that was overwhelmed with work. Its not hard to find clients while having a full time job, in fact it might even help. Through your job you could possibly have an almost steady stream of clients (I know I could). The real questions are do you really have the time to devote to working with them? Will they be available to meet with you at non-normal business hours? Is it worth the hassle of dealing with all the aspects of your own business in your free-time? For me, I have decided that even though I could have a very decent 2nd income, I just don't have the time and its not that important to me. If you do have a large amount of free-time, don't mind dealing with contracts and deadlines, or odd meeting hours, it could work out well for you. Loading...
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