In seeking a new role, after filtering opportunities to my focus and desired role, there are then typically two categories to choose between: employee or contractor.
If you have never contracted, you might not be aware of some of the considerations in choosing to do so. I will lay some of them out.
You’ve been bitten by the wander bug and are applying for opportunities abroad in dream locations. Your application progresses through the interview process to an offer, at which point you feel the excitement dissipate like heat through an open window. You are currently earning $100K per year, and the offer…excellent, using the accompanying adjective, is for $50K.
Someone I’ve known for quite a long time asked, “Ok… but what is it that you do?” I paused, opened my mouth, paused again, and then had one of those “aha” moments, because it had been quite a while, if ever, since someone asked me to describe what I actually do, rather than listing project teasers and technical skills.
So, here’s what I do on a typical web development journey from start to finish—though of course there are different roads and can be permutations of routes along the way.
