Web Worker Daily

In the corporate world, it’s easy to track positive mobility in your career. You could get a promotion (a move upward to a position of higher rank or pay), or laterally to a position of similar rank, but with different tasks or projects. Advancement in a freelancing career is not so easy to track, possibly because we each have different definitions of what a freelance “promotion” consists of.

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It’s only a couple of weeks before 2009 arrives, but are you ready for it?  While it’s true that December is an arbitrary choice to plan for the incoming year, it’s still a good time to be mindful of what might lie ahead for web workers come January.  What changes will there be and what can we do to adapt?

Learn how to collaborate with people who are less tech savvy than we are. As online collaboration becomes more commonplace, we’ll be working with some people who aren’t up to speed with the most practical Web 2.0 tools for their needs.  Knowing how to communicate with them effectively while bridging the tech gap will be a priceless skill.
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If you’re really determined, you can survive as a freelancing web worker. It takes a few months of trial and error, learning all you can, and finding the tools and processes that work for you. After that, most people are glad to find that they’ve survived the hard part, regardless of the obstacles and naysayers.

But it’s one thing to survive as a web worker. To thrive, on the other hand, happens on a completely different level.

Surviving versus thriving

Survival means staying alive, continuing your existence as a web worker. This isn’t necessarily an easy feat. Web working isn’t an easy decision to make, especially if you’re coming from a traditional office environment. With all the obstacles in the way of successful web working, it’s almost puzzling why it’s a growing trend. But if you can regularly pay your bills with the work that you do, and you can do it remotely, then you know you’ve got what it takes to survive.

Unlike survival, thriving is a mindset that allows you to fulfill more than just your basic needs. Thriving is about setting career goals , meeting them, and feeling a deep sense of personal fulfillment when it’s comes to your work.

So how does a web worker thrive?

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