The Role of Freelancing in the Design Industry

"I miss the craft a lot of the time as well like I miss actually doing something myself and you know getting my hands dirty and pixels" "It was super interesting when meta had their layoffs recently they didn't lay off their contractors so you know people who were contracting for a meta you know stayed on," he says. He also wonders if we're gonna see this surge in independent designers after this um a lot of designers getting laid off not as many design opportunities but potentially turn into freelancers contractors. "[The] harsh reality is that freelancers are easier for companies to get rid of or you can bring them on in shorter term contracts so it's you can be a bit more predictable