Freelancing

25 articles 路 all categories

January 2026

A tough job market is the best time to start something

Here's how to navigate a tough job market from someone dumb enough to have done it before. Me.

September 2019

"There's a YouTube video for everything"

May 2019

How to make what you're worth even if you're from the wrong country

December 2018

How I sidehustled $180k and why it almost killed my business

September 2018

How I sponsored my own genius visa

July 2018

Hire these interns

February 2018

The story of my family is the story of survivorship bias's other side

January 2018

Don't say yes when you're happy

December 2017

My new 5K monitor 鈥撀燣G UltraFine 5K 馃槺

June 2017

First day with a new 2017 MacBook Pro

May 2017

How I Got Boned by Taxes Two Years in a Row

November 2016

These 19 Words are the Only Self-Help & Business Advice You Need

October 2016

My weekend at Forefront in New York

September 2016

Some facts about US household income

June 2016

The surprising difficulty of paying the US government

May 2016

Does it even make sense to move to San Francisco?

October 2015

The Evolution of a Freelancer: Lessons from the Hallway Track at DYFConf

December 2014

What I learned about freelancing by getting a haircut

May 2014

How to royally cock up as a freelancer

September 2013

Lessons learned in a year of freelancing

October 2012

Lessons learned after a month of freelancing full time

February 2012

Why every entrepreneur should take up boxing

December 2011

Why programmers work at night

November 2011

Why I only work with startups

December 2009

Lost a freelance project, but gained a knowledge