Comments on: With or Without You http://www.corporateidealist.com/2009/08/with-or-without-you/ Hope for Hardworking Heroes Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:49:17 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jack http://www.corporateidealist.com/2009/08/with-or-without-you/comment-page-1/#comment-475 Jack Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:42:18 +0000 http://www.corporateidealist.com/?p=664#comment-475 As someone who bounces between freelance work and work for companies (roughly every other year), I know exactly the sensation of loneliness/isolation. Especially because I'm in the tech industry, there's not really anyone in my social circle I can "talk work" with to any great extent. More than the need for banter/camaraderie though, I find I miss the idea sharing and person-to-person trust that a small team offers. When I work on a big project with a team, I can count on everyone to make the whole thing come together seamlessly and focus in on my part of the task. As a freelancer, when something is big it's all me. Good for the bank account, sometimes bad for the psyche. If I get tripped up in one aspect of a big project, it delays everything. The sensation of being behind on an entire project is not a good one. In fact, that feeling has soured a project or two for me over the years. When that happens, it becomes a matter of pushing hard to get through and on to the next one. After projects like that, I tend to survey the job listings to see if anything exceptionally sweet is hanging around. I love the idea of having a coworking space where I could get a second pair of eyes to help me work out complicated bugs, etc. A place where there would be people I trust to help me not get tangled up doing all sides of a project and vice versa. As someone who bounces between freelance work and work for companies (roughly every other year), I know exactly the sensation of loneliness/isolation. Especially because I’m in the tech industry, there’s not really anyone in my social circle I can “talk work” with to any great extent. More than the need for banter/camaraderie though, I find I miss the idea sharing and person-to-person trust that a small team offers. When I work on a big project with a team, I can count on everyone to make the whole thing come together seamlessly and focus in on my part of the task. As a freelancer, when something is big it’s all me. Good for the bank account, sometimes bad for the psyche.

If I get tripped up in one aspect of a big project, it delays everything. The sensation of being behind on an entire project is not a good one. In fact, that feeling has soured a project or two for me over the years. When that happens, it becomes a matter of pushing hard to get through and on to the next one. After projects like that, I tend to survey the job listings to see if anything exceptionally sweet is hanging around. I love the idea of having a coworking space where I could get a second pair of eyes to help me work out complicated bugs, etc. A place where there would be people I trust to help me not get tangled up doing all sides of a project and vice versa.

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