Return-Path: Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([71.74.56.122] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5034232 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:19:42 +0200 Return-Path: X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=F+XVh9dN c=1 sm=0 a=85jAIvoYDUiXinRM3+sEEg==:17 a=7vfGDfaxx7sA:10 a=05ChyHeVI94A:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=ayC55rCoAAAA:8 a=6KxK0MiIeqwA:10 a=ZbW9QiqVaP7qXIntc8QA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=67M2Y8w0DVo8yl5B:21 a=bITFtrtjo4QY0IOD:21 a=85jAIvoYDUiXinRM3+sEEg==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Authenticated-User: X-Originating-IP: 98.26.151.30 Received: from [98.26.151.30] ([98.26.151.30:49167] helo=[192.168.1.112]) by hrndva-oedge01.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id FB/66-15190-A74E6615; Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:27:38 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Subject: Re: [AE] getting laid off From: mike foster In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:27:37 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <246B1C31-C18B-46A4-9736-9BBDE56E2F99@triad.rr.com> References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) And if and when that one clients pulls all the work - its bad. Real bad. Too many eggs in one basket. Mike On Apr 11, 2013, at 12:22 PM, Dave Marks wrote: > As someone in the same boat: I was a freelance editor for 21 years, = have worked as a full time media producer for an organization for almost = 8 years, > and now I may be let go next week.... > Freelance is not the worst life. My gold standard was to have an = "evergreen" client who I could count on for X number of days a year, and = then > fill in the holes around this calendar. There are good and bad things = to this approach. The good is you build relationships inside the = company, > and gain a trust level. The bad can be is that the evergreen uses up = so much of your time that you have to pass on other projects, which > could lead to more outside networking. I definitely had the label of = "______ company's guy" and it was hard to prove to other networking = people > that I had more up my sleeve than what I did for X Company. >=20 > Network like a mad man. It pays off. Take the stupid jobs, it can = always lead to something better. >=20 > Now that I've given myself this little pep talk, I'll retreat to the = phone to wait for THE CALL. >=20 > Best of luck, > Dave Marks >=20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to