It would seem that designing, making and preparing technical documentation is much more difficult than communicating with customers. One of the main difficulties that people face when they are freelancing is that they have no one to give them a job and therefore have to find one on their own. But this tends to have a positive effect, making people more active and ready to communicate. Effective communication means gaining access to a wider clientele and can make you a leader in your field.

It also means that your work turns into profit that you bring to yourself and not to someone else. You are also responsible for branding and marketing, which often means making smarter decisions than your boss because you know your product (that is, yourself) better than anyone else.

First, you need to develop self awareness, self-awareness. We always have a slightly better opinion of ourselves than we need to. You must be able to see your own weaknesses. Engineers usually have no business experience, and this is their weakness. It seems that I sent a good commercial offer, and the cost was set adequate. But applications go to other specialists. Understand this and start closing the gaps, get help - as a freelancer, due to the continuous professional growth and networking opportunities presented at every step, going beyond your profession is inevitable.

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