{"id":11024,"date":"2011-09-06T09:03:39","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T13:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=11024"},"modified":"2021-03-07T12:55:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T17:55:56","slug":"is-the-freelancing-sector-the-new-industrial-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2011\/09\/06\/is-the-freelancing-sector-the-new-industrial-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the freelancing sector the &#8220;new industrial revolution&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/business\/archive\/2011\/09\/the-freelance-surge-is-the-industrial-revolution-of-our-time\/244229\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sara Horowitz<\/a>, founder of Freelancers Union, presents an anecdote-heavy but data-poor view of the surge in freelancing as &#8220;the Industrial Revolution of our time&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s been called the Gig Economy, Freelance Nation, the Rise of the Creative Class, and the e-conomy, with the &#8220;e&#8221; standing for electronic, entrepreneurial, or perhaps eclectic. Everywhere we look, we can see the U.S. workforce undergoing a massive change. No longer do we work at the same company for 25 years, waiting for the gold watch, expecting the benefits and security that come with full-time employment. We&#8217;re no longer simply lawyers, or photographers, or writers. Instead, we&#8217;re part-time lawyers-cum-amateur photographers who write on the side.<\/p>\n<p>Today, careers consist of piecing together various types of work, juggling multiple clients, learning to be marketing and accounting experts, and creating offices in bedrooms\/coffee shops\/coworking spaces. Independent workers abound. We call them freelancers, contractors, sole proprietors, consultants, temps, and the self-employed.<\/p>\n<p>And, perhaps most surprisingly, many of them love it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m in this category myself, as a self-employed technical writer. I buy my own tools, pay my own taxes (reminder to self: next tax installment due on the 15th), and &mdash; within reason &mdash; set my own working hours. Of course, my clients have a lot to say about when my working hours tend to be, so it&#8217;s more an extra degree of flexibility than it is total freedom. But it works well for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sara Horowitz, founder of Freelancers Union, presents an anecdote-heavy but data-poor view of the surge in freelancing as &#8220;the Industrial Revolution of our time&#8221;: It&#8217;s been called the Gig Economy, Freelance Nation, the Rise of the Creative Class, and the e-conomy, with the &#8220;e&#8221; standing for electronic, entrepreneurial, or perhaps eclectic. 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