I've been freelancing for quite some time, mostly macro-industry projects that are customized for client requirements.
I don't think I want to focus on the equities market, although Gina, a colleague who went free-lance as well, wanted me to take over her "rakets" when she decided to fly off to the States and join her husband.
I find feasibility studies the most challenging, though. You have to consider EVERYTHING. You have to take care of both macro and micro details, and you have to distill all these information into a coherent whole and translate these into numbers you can work on during the implementation stage.
When I have time to spare (as it is, there's one project I haven't even touched yet, geez), I might formalize my activities, emerge from the underground-- what am I talking about? as if I were a smuggler or something--(and start paying the appropriate taxes... joke! No need to notify the BIR), register as a sole proprietorship and be more aggressive with marketing my services.
Perhaps my research work speaks for itself, as one telcoms firm, a TV network, and a credit research agency all at one time tried to hire me. Why I decided to strike it out on my own and remain poor while not accepting any of those offers is a bit difficult to explain.
It has to do something with my personality, I guess. I like to be independent, be my own boss and do the work under my own terms and at my own pace.
The lure of high pay never really attracted me. You see, what's the point of amassing a lot of wealth when you feel and look miserable because of the stress related to material quests?
I like to take it easy: play the piano, get myself lost in Quiapo, bike my way to Marikina and Antipolo, swim, watch the occassional concerts, do nothing but blog, a little travel, perhaps and not necessarily depend on my parents or beg for alms.
But then again, different strokes for different folks, yes?
I don't think I want to focus on the equities market, although Gina, a colleague who went free-lance as well, wanted me to take over her "rakets" when she decided to fly off to the States and join her husband.
I find feasibility studies the most challenging, though. You have to consider EVERYTHING. You have to take care of both macro and micro details, and you have to distill all these information into a coherent whole and translate these into numbers you can work on during the implementation stage.
When I have time to spare (as it is, there's one project I haven't even touched yet, geez), I might formalize my activities, emerge from the underground-- what am I talking about? as if I were a smuggler or something--(and start paying the appropriate taxes... joke! No need to notify the BIR), register as a sole proprietorship and be more aggressive with marketing my services.
Perhaps my research work speaks for itself, as one telcoms firm, a TV network, and a credit research agency all at one time tried to hire me. Why I decided to strike it out on my own and remain poor while not accepting any of those offers is a bit difficult to explain.
It has to do something with my personality, I guess. I like to be independent, be my own boss and do the work under my own terms and at my own pace.
The lure of high pay never really attracted me. You see, what's the point of amassing a lot of wealth when you feel and look miserable because of the stress related to material quests?
I like to take it easy: play the piano, get myself lost in Quiapo, bike my way to Marikina and Antipolo, swim, watch the occassional concerts, do nothing but blog, a little travel, perhaps and not necessarily depend on my parents or beg for alms.
But then again, different strokes for different folks, yes?
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