Monday, June 27, 2016

Happy Freelancing..!!!

About Me:  I'm Jyothi.  I have 5 years of working as Oracle Developer.  I've experience working with big clients like Scope international of Banking domain, Windstream of U.S telecom, and Medicaid for the state of UTAH Healthcare.

Here are the reasons opting for Freelancing:

·         I need not travel 5 hours a day to reach my cubicle, never have to worry on petrol price hikes, and my vehicle service dates.

·         I need not think 100 times to request for a work from home option. I can work from home all the time.

·         I need not stick to office lunch/break timings, I can eat and work parallel.  I need to have to search for Jobs, need not worry about the contract periods. 

·         I can choose my projects, can take up more challenging works. Increase my professional skills and grow my network.  I need not wait for job rotation to work on other platforms. I can learn and I can work.

·         I would have an opportunity to know the whole picture of the project and enhance my business knowledge.  Rather fixing on part of the broken toy knowing not where that piece would be fitted in.

·         High rate of National exposure, which has possibility to learn about various customs and culture of different societies.  A great opportunity to learn new skills, can be away from office politics, and can have all the freedom that one can get in a corporate environment (though you would miss all the team lunch and team outings).

·         As women has so additional responsibilities like cooking, cleaning and other things, I need not worry of my dressing, accessories etc. 

·         I have been using computer from the time when I turned 5.  So I'm good at using shortcut keys and can work without mouse for navigation.  Also, I can type 60 words per minute which would aid my work completion to be faster.  Hence I used to complete my work soon and have to wait at office for the clock to strike 7pm IST so that I can make leave office, otherwise I've to face others as if I'm going on half a day leave without permission.  You don’t have this problem when you become a freelancer.

·         Hence with this idea I searched through various freelancing websites, later through online research, I had an understanding of how Toptal works.  Great to have freelancers like Toptal (Software Engineers Community) which can fulfill the dreams of a professional tagging them all together as freelancers (can also be called as toptalers J)

·         So, having said all these, the pros are higher than the cons.  Hence I’m eagerly waiting to tag myself as a freelancer.  God willing.  Waiting for the best to happen.