When the 2020 pandemic completely demolished the global workforce, all that remained was to rethink our ways of working and open up to the new remote working conditions. This has led to the rise of self-employment, making it more in demand than ever.

So if you decide to become a freelance website developer, we assure you that the future will be yours!

If you are here reading this article, you are probably already familiar with the general concept of self-employment. But to make sure we’re on the same line, and that you don’t confuse it with telecommuting in general, let’s clarify the meaning of the term:

A freelancer is a self-employed person and does not necessarily engage with a single employer. Instead, he works with different clients, usually on a short-term basis, on project-based terms.

So if you work remotely for your company X but have a long term contract and are a full time employee, you cannot be considered self-employed even if you work at a different location every day. .

But if you manage to engage in short concerts, late at night or on weekends, and you work for different clients, you might be considered a freelance writer.

Most of the time, the self-employed combine self-employment with their full-time jobs, but there are also many who choose to work as a full-time self-employed person. Freelance web developers, for example, usually have so many gigs that they don’t even have time for the standard 9am to 5pm work.

That said, let’s now understand how and why:

Self-employment is the future of work.

There are several reasons why people predict that self-employment will be a more popular style of work in the near future. We will only list a few here:

1) The notion of secure employment has disappeared

Those who oppose or disapprove of self-employment are usually those who believe in the concept of secure jobs.

You know, we all received this advice from our parents or grandparents, telling us to find a stable and secure job that would bring us a stable income and allow us to maintain our families.

This is one of the reasons many of us opt for 9-5 to work, never change offices, and prefer to die safe rather than live a risky but more adventurous life.

However, 2020 has proven to all of us that there is no safe job. Someday you might wake up with a global pandemic, great disaster, or economic crash, and your most financially stable job will be gone.

How many of us have lost our jobs during the Coronavirus? And the worst part is, no one could predict anything like this to come. So when the title “secure job” leaves our dictionary, it turns out that self-employment is equal to any other “permanent” job.

Today, self-employment can be considered even more secure because here you are the only asset you need (and maybe a computer, an internet connection, an application… but we don’t count it.)

So you are solely responsible for finding clients and getting the job done, and no one else can take it away from you. You cannot wake up and find out that you are fired from your self-employment.

Yes, you can lose a client, get a bad deal, choose to quit freelancing, but still: you will never get laid off.

2) One-off projects are gaining popularity

One-off projects are projects that are carried out only once. Maybe you need to design a quick landing page for your upcoming offer. Or maybe you need to develop a mobile app that you don’t have to change much after launch.

Regardless, for these types of projects, it is much more convenient to hire a freelance writer than it is to find an employee, train them, and give them a full-time salary with benefits and insurance.

So, as the number of one-off projects increases, so does the demand for freelancers. And once you’ve found your most suitable freelancers, you can continue to offer them your next one-off projects in the future, with the confidence that the quality of the work will be high.

3) There is no limit on how much you earn.

The main reason so many full-time workers quit their jobs and go freelance is that you don’t have to wait six months to get a little promotion here. You own all of your promotions and salaries. You earn as much as you can.

Self-employment is a truly liberating experience because it allows you to manage your income and decide how much you can earn. The only reason some don’t push their finances too far is because they choose not to work too hard.

But if you put in enough time and manage your projects accordingly, you will be amazed at how much you can save in a very short period of time.

4) Freelancing offers infinite flexibility

Freelancing is synonymous with flexibility. The best part about freelancing is that you can work from any location you want. It could be the cafe at the top of the Eiffel Tower, a cozy corner in your home, or a fancy restaurant on the beach. As long as you feel comfortable work there you can!

No one asks you to show up to the meeting room at a specific time – at most, they can ask you to join the Zoom call. And with the pandemic, thousands of remote work tools have been created or improved, which offer very practical solutions for the self-employed.

This flexibility appeals to many workers because no one wants to be tied to their desk all day. It’s nicer to be your boss and escape the 9-5 life, which is a real nightmare for some. Ask freelance web developers, and they’ll all tell you how nice it is to work in a hotel by the pool rather than that dark office corner.

That was all for today! So if you are planning to quit your 9-5 job and become a freelance web developer, this is your sign to do so.

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