don’t be a freelancing whore. marry a product.
October 14th, 2010 | View CommentsEngineers and designers, both of us are guilty of selling our time and skills away. I feel, earning money for imparting skills is not the end of the story, it feels so incomplete.
Building a product, and dealing with its consequences can teach more, than getting paid to build for someone else’s vision and washing hands off it. The courage to put one’s weight behind a single product, envision the business behind it, iterate until it is done right, is what makes for a great product in the end. It is a reward worth pursuing.
So, if you’re a freelancer, I urge you to find a product that you love and get married to it. It may be a welcome change.
