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Freelancing vs Full-Time Employment: Pros and Cons

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By Sophia Williams Verified
| WriteUp Cafe
On a gray Seattle morning a few months ago, I met two former clients for coffee near South Lake Union. One had just left a steady product role at a mid-sized software company to build a freelance UX practice. The other had done the reverse after three years of independent consulting—she wanted a team, predictable pay, and health coverage that did not require a spreadsheet and a deep breath. Both were smart. Both were ambitious. Both had made the right decision for that moment in their lives.
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How to Transition Into a Tech Career Without Guesswork

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By Sophia Williams Verified
| WriteUp Cafe
A few months ago, I met a former restaurant manager at a Seattle coffee shop who had just landed a customer success role at a software company in South Lake Union. She did not have a computer science degree. She did not spend four years starting from scratch. What she did have was a sharp record of solving messy people problems under pressure, a six-month upskilling plan, and the discipline to translate her experience into language hiring managers in tech could recognize.
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Freelancing vs Full-Time Jobs: Mistakes, Pros and Cons

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By Sophia Williams Verified
| WriteUp Cafe
The choice looks simple until real life gets involved A few months ago, I was talking with a product designer in Seattle who had done what many ambitious professionals dream about: she left a salaried role at a mid-sized tech company, opened her laptop at a neighborhood coffee shop, and announced to LinkedIn that she was going freelance. Three months later, she called me exhausted. Her calendar was full, but her revenue was erratic.
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