Ysalex, you are talented and you should charge a lot more. Also, insurance costs for me are actually pretty low. I have a middle tier policy and my wife and baby have very nice insurance. Our total monthly insurance cost it $600. As a freelancer you can chose to live anywhere without adjusting your rate. I charge a very…
I have a question for you longtime freelancers: I see that most freelance people say they have so much flexibility with their schedule. Yet from the few I know personally, they have to work twice as hard to earn as much as I do full time and they don't get paid any benefits. I'm guessing if you are a rockstar freelancer…
I have a question about people who freelance while working a full time job: are you just burning the candle at both ends or do you quote a longer time-frame to avoid working 80 hours a week?
Like Marie I haven't had a lot of good experiences working in studios, first job I did was about 2 years at a tiny studio (me and 2 other guys including the manager,) where the manager would swear like crazy at his PC every 5 minutes and take out his bad mood on the employees. After finishing there I started working…
Done Both, currently freelancing. The best part of Studios are the people- you meet a lot of passionate people that want to make games. The worst part of the Studios are the politics, bureaucracies, and cronyism- it can flatten your passion into a soul sucking melaise(Not to say this is every studio, just my xp at the…
I work in Studio, however I would recommend that everyone atleast try freelancing at some point in there career; It builds up alot of personal management skills that is a valuable thing to learn. Although there are many a sucky studio experience out there and freelancing has many benefits, once you find a good studio…
I'm freelancing now because so far, all of my studio experience has been disapointing. I am really enjoying freelancing so far, chances to work on very different project from contract to contract, you are not stock on a specific franchise for years. Constantly learning new process/engine keep you on your toes. Plus I…
I personally got quite lucky! I was working at a studio at the time and I knew that, 3 weeks later I would be giving my two week notice to my company and moving to another city. I had to find myself some freelance work and I wasn't too sure how, especially didn't want my company to know at that point. I just got kinda…