Freedom: not a rash promise

Absrtact: South All reporter Li Quanquan intern you are sitting in the subway every day, for the work to be done is not their own interests and feel a little dazed, is not all over the job, or for office politics and upset gas impatient? Are you

South All reporter Li Quanquan intern you are sitting in the subway every day to work, for the upcoming work is not their own interests and feel a little dazed, is not the "career treasure", or for "office politics" and upset gas impatient? Do you dream of traveling with your bags on your back, but you don't want to leave your own miserable annual vacation?

At this point you may envy freelancers, especially with the development of the Internet in recent years, the emergence of network sellers, network authors, third party software developers, such as a series of unprecedented career choice and professional groups. In fact, for those who have given up their jobs in the original company or unit system, the effort to "free" and "Career Dreams" is no less than every member of the office.

"Two paths in the woods."

"Two roads diverged in a forest, and I chose a less traveled one, and decided the way of my life." ——— this Robert Fross poem is well known to the public as Kai-Fu Lee's other choice, and it is also a portrayal of online freelancers.

Mr. Cao, who has a pseudonym for "high-rise buildings", majored in electronic technology, and the first job after graduation was to engage in circuit design. Because like to read novels, and feel that they can write, in the beginning of the Chinese online with spare time to create novels.

Writing to the fourth novel "high-rise" finally get started, he still remember 2005 the first time from the beginning of the Chinese network to receive 800 yuan income as a reward. Mr. Cao decided to quit his job as a professional online writer after the monthly income reached million levels. At present, Mr. Cao's monthly salary has reached 50,000 yuan. In the grand literary platform of 930,000 Web authors, Mr. Cao's income is only above average. However, with the expansion of the grand literature platform and the expansion of readership, the mode of charge (about 2-3 cents/thousand words) per word reading is still making his income accumulate.

Mr. Cao satisfied, not only bought his own house and car, more important is to get the understanding of others, the original thought he wrote novel is "not good" relatives, now have two of their children to Mr. Cao to guide the exercises.

Mr. LAN, a former employee of the Gold Exchange, who had rested for 3 months at home because he was injured in his leg, was busy surfing the internet, gradually feeling the glamour and potential of e-commerce. Because like to eat handmade chocolate, he to a friend of The Apprentice, found himself quickly started, he simply put the interest and ability to combine, opened a "small white handmade Chocolate" shop, started a full-time seller.

Like Mr. LAN, Ms. Wang, who opened the shop online in 2006, was a high school teacher, and then studied for 3 years as a graduate student in the philosophy department. She did not go to business or apply for civil servants like her classmates, also do not want to repeat the "10 years as a day" lack of change in life, on the internet opened a "hand-painted shoes bag brand shop", the franchise hand-painted canvas cloth shoes and canvas bag, is now a double crown shop. "Each order deal, get praise can directly feel the trust of their customers, it is easy to create a sense of achievement and happiness." ”

"Little Rich is Ann" is not a goal

In many people's minds, "security" may be the most troubled freelancer in the initial stage of the problem, but in the current social entrepreneurship inspired by the "future master in their own hands," the entrepreneurial spirit has become the core values of these freelancers.

Their professional interests, a sense of achievement, satisfaction paid after the return, not willing to be tied to the company or unit of the system, is the network freelancer to choose this kind of work of the three basic elements, which also make them work often more substantial. But for many freelancers, "little Rich is Ann" is not the goal for them to choose the job, they value the stage and the future offered by freelancing.

such as the operation of handmade chocolate shop Mr. LAN, has led a production, packaging, orders, after the promotion of the 13-person team, Taobao, Pat, Sina and other major websites have 15 agents online shop. His next plan is to open his own plant, develop new chocolates, and put his own products into the supermarket, and then expand a number of franchise stores.

"Around there are two friends, their works by the film director or the company's fancy, to adapt to film or online games." "High-rise" Creation is a fantasy novel, and since the beginning of the Chinese online series of tomb-robbing "ghost blows" has been adapted into films and games, similar success from every young literary youth does not seem distant.

Along with the Network Literature Platform alliance with the traditional publishing house, when the "high-rise" works are printed into the type, in the form of paper books, Mr. Cao's writer identity has gained recognition. And with the recent grand literature constantly in the electronic reader to promote their content system, there is a good reason to expect the network writers have better "prospects" and "money."

Work six days a week, start from 8:30 every day, close to 10 in the evening to finish work, this is the net called "Please close Your Eyes" Li Yongjun as a third party software developers work schedule. In the past year, he has developed in the online SN s game, has received 120,000 of the income, plus the Advertising division, each year, 440,000 annual income ——— on Renren online, this income is also above average.

Although the income is not necessarily higher than the large company's program developers, but Li Yongjun for third-party application development is a unique reason, is the exercise of their own. "I now develop a game, in addition to technology, but also responsible for game promotion, after-sale and the various details, equal to a company's entrepreneurial process in every aspect of the involved."

After graduating from university with the classmate Li Yongjun, after that also did the information Industry Bureau civil servants, but has been inspired by entrepreneurial dream, and finally resigned and another friend to do the third party software development.

"In this industry bigger, still have their own company." "Freelance can be said to be a stage of Li Yongjun entrepreneurship, in Renren, engaged in third-party development of prominent practitioners, has set up such as five minutes, such as Burson Interactive professional firms." and foreign model of Facebook game developer Zynga is now earning more than 450 million U.S. dollars, the capital value of 5 billion U.S. dollars, the establishment of only 3 years.

"Stealing vegetables", "grab parking" game to become a social fashion language, enough to see the appeal of the SN s game, for their chosen future, Li Yongjun is also full of confidence. "In fact, there are 1.1 million of people playing our game, not less, but it is China's SN s development level is relatively elementary, business model is not perfect, which still has considerable growth in space." ”

Freedom: not a rash promise

As a freelance "high-rise", a lot of people do not think of the regular life: running in the morning, two o'clock in the afternoon to start writing, a little rest in the middle of the night, write to 10 o'clock around the pen, a day's work is about 8000 to 10,000 words. "Freelancers specifically require self-discipline to work. ”

"High-rise" is considered to be the most of the night of the author of the road, wrote to the fourth book when the opening, and then gave himself a great help to the beginning of the Chinese network editor of a set of "New God system Outline", has been popular online. But Mr Cao is still trying to warn that those who are interested in this line of literature can initially try a part-time job, "write about 3 hours a night," and then consider becoming a full-time author after the actual income base is guaranteed.

But Mr Cao admits, "No one in this business wants to write a lifetime, they want to be able to retire early in 15 years and more than 40 years, while striving for a few more years now." ”

Similarly, Li Yongjun is also very envious of foreign programmers can write to the 50-year-old professional vitality, they can live a leisurely life in 8 hours, have time and space to find inspiration, but for China's busy programmer group, still can not achieve this enviable survival status.

In fact, it is not easy for freelancers to participate in the "self-financing" competition, but in this respect, they can calmly, "in this community want to do what kind of work, is to go through the fiercely competitive." "It also makes them a group of people who are very disciplined and intrinsically motivated to work." It is often difficult to succeed without deliberate thinking, or simply as an exploration of the liberal profession as an ambiguous direction.

"Be sure to do a freelance job, there may be no turning back." "Li Yongjun, who resigned from the civil service position, is deeply impressed," even if you are allowed to return to your original position, your former colleagues may have become chief and director, so free professions should be considered carefully. ”

For Mr. Yulan, to be a successful "freelancer" instead of "free", especially in the initial stage of a person's start-up, he borrowed 300,000 from the bank as a start-up fund, every day 2 o'clock in the morning-6 to start making chocolate, every day can only sleep 4 hours, especially in the first shop, Sellers generally have to endure the low credibility of the stage, lasted 3 months, business was gradually on the track, then Mr. Lan was a big illness.

At the same time, the social, the people around the network free occupation of the strange eyes, but also let free professional feel embarrassed and pressure. "Do you play games at home?" Why don't you get a good job? ——— relatives ask Li Yongjun who are working, and it is hard for him to get to know the new industry he is currently engaged in.

When the "high-rise buildings" resigned, it was also surrounded by people think that "the future of self-destruction, may not even find a wife."

Weakening of the social relation chain

However, there is no denying that, when many white-collar workers want their personal relationships around the "simple" point, as a freelancer, especially Chinese freelancers are also somewhat "besieged" mentality, for their own social relations in the weakening of the chain confused. At the same time, there are still freelancers feel that in China's current social environment, or large enterprise employees, do civil servants say more social status.

In the "high-rise" side, there is a weekly blind date of the network author, because in full-time writing, contact after all the relatively narrow social surface. However, the network writer also encountered, put their own encounter things on the internet, there is an uneven net friends see Help to solve the case, but also let them see the network virtual world warmth side.

"In the face of computer communication and face-to-face communication is very different," in this regard, the operation of the shop's Miss Wang also thinks, do shop easily let oneself in a closed circle work, leading to social decline, "even can feel their character slowly tend to introverted." In fact, many of the men operating shop is also such, mostly introverted personality. "It seems that how to make appropriate adjustments in this area is also a problem for network freelancers."