Comments on: Freelancing http://www.jarche.com/2007/04/freelancing/ Life in Perpetual Beta Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hal Richman http://www.jarche.com/2007/04/freelancing/comment-page-1/#comment-114854 Hal Richman Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:37:31 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1123#comment-114854 Just made sure you can deal with gaps and open space - think of it as skydiving with reasonable expectation of a reserve parachute I worked for an upscale British consultancy a few months ago and said to myself "I should work here." The project manager was dysfunctional by any standards that I know and demeaning to her staff - methinks this was an aberration that would be addressed by the system only to find out that the system could not care less and everyone just took this like good Brits - the reason why Under the Looking Glass was published in England! Just made sure you can deal with gaps and open space – think of it as skydiving with reasonable expectation of a reserve parachute

I worked for an upscale British consultancy a few months ago and said to myself “I should work here.” The project manager was dysfunctional by any standards that I know and demeaning to her staff – methinks this was an aberration that would be addressed by the system only to find out that the system could not care less and everyone just took this like good Brits – the reason why Under the Looking Glass was published in England!

]]> By: Harold http://www.jarche.com/2007/04/freelancing/comment-page-1/#comment-114385 Harold Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:26:35 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1123#comment-114385 I think that management was necessary in a time when information couldn't flow freely. That is no longer the case in many workplaces. I think that management was necessary in a time when information couldn’t flow freely. That is no longer the case in many workplaces.

]]> By: Clive Shepherd http://www.jarche.com/2007/04/freelancing/comment-page-1/#comment-112422 Clive Shepherd Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:38:51 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=1123#comment-112422 The main benefit I found from going solo was that I started to learn again. As a manager of 70-odd people at Epic, I was several levels away from the interesting stuff of design and development. I've learned masses by having to do it myself and rediscovered all my creative leanings. I would never go back to management. The main benefit I found from going solo was that I started to learn again. As a manager of 70-odd people at Epic, I was several levels away from the interesting stuff of design and development. I’ve learned masses by having to do it myself and rediscovered all my creative leanings. I would never go back to management.

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