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Newsletter #67 - Turmoil!

Published 4 months ago • 1 min read

Newsletter #67 - Turmoil!

I was pushing back my April newsletter, because a professional change was upon me

I'm not sure why that means I have to push back writing?

Excitement, Anticipation, Busy-ness?

Anyway, the change didn't materialise

A very promising interview for a freelance role at Unilever ended in ...

The role being withdrawn for Juristic Reasons

Whatever that may mean I don't know, and it's frustrating to not get clear responses, but by now I'm smarter than trying to keep digging:

The opportunity is gone, it's no use trying to resist that

Moving on

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Also

It's not the only exciting thing which happened last week

I actually managed to get a freelance project on Upwork

And despite being very underpaid, it's good to be busy!

Being underpaid is partly of my own making, I don't feel I have a lot of bargaining power on this freelance platform, so I have to be lenient

I'm not sure if it's the right approach

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Maybe in ten years I look back at this crossroads

And decide I took the right path

The Upwork path seems like the more promising path on the long term

But it's a painful path on the short term

And I also see people being challenged with their automation agencies, so it's by no means a guarantee

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Turmoil in decision taking!

The next few days will define the next steps forward!

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