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Insights: What I’ve Learned About Being A Freelancer - Part 2
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Insights: What I’ve Learned About Being A Freelancer - Part 2

Lessons learned in the 25 years I’ve spent pissing about for a living and trying to avoid getting a proper job.

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Matthew Barr
Mar 25, 2022
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I realised recently that I’ve been a freelancer my entire working life (and yes, I am including setting up our agency All Conditions Media in this). So I decided to write down ten things I’ve learned in that time, in the hope it might be useful to anybody thinking of embarking upon the freelance life themselves. Here’s part 2.

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