If you look around at how most people make their money in the West, you’d think employment was a law of nature.
History though, tells a different story. Locking yourself down to one, primary source of income that controls when and how you work is a pretty new model.
If you’ve run across the book, Dying for a Paycheck, you know the world is realizing something about that model…that maybe employers don’t have our best interests in mind.
It’s time to look at a new model.
People have freelanced forever, but we live in a time where we have more support than ever before.
Sites like Skyword and Contently centralize work for content creators. Others like Toptal do the same for developers, designers, and finance pros.
Platforms like MBO partners handle almost everything for contractors and sites like Catch bundle your retirement, investing, and insurance under one umbrella.
We live in the best time in history to branch out from employment (even if you don’t want to leave it behind completely). Make sure you don’t miss the boat.
Megan
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