If you’ve tried to interview someone unprepared, be prepared for the worst. I’ve made the mistake of interviewing a celebrity for a magazine in a freelance capacity. Since I don’t write quickly, I ended up losing the choice information that could’ve led to an entertaining yet accurate profile of my interviewee.
This won’t be another how […]
Just in case you missed my interview with CSJ, a very capable designer and illustrator, feel free to click through the list items below:
Interview With Christian San Jose, Freelance Designer
Portfolios
The Big Break
Rates
Real Passion
Hope you’ve picked up a thing or two, dear readers.
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Previously: Rates
CW: Have there been days where you just wanted to spend all day in bed?
CSJ: Everyday. I did that for 4 months while i was abroad, laying on the bed, my laptop on my tummy, working on freelance stuff (laughter)
CW: Haha, I meant to ask: “How do you deal with the times when you […]
Previously: The Big Break
CW: Speaking of which, how do you set your rates?
CSJ: Per project, based on rate trends
CW: How do you keep track of such rate trends?
CSJ: I ask fellow designers
CW: You guys are that open with each other?
CSJ: Yup! Most of us help each other out, mutually we’ve understood that the every-designer-for-himself […]
Thanks to Neerav for featuring me on a recent interview. This interview was conducted via email, and aside from me, Neerav interviewed Cibbuano. We both shared our thoughts on making money from blogging.
I tried to keep my answers short and sweet, thinking that it would be easier to understand for readers. But compared to the […]
Previously: Portfolios
CW: What do you consider your “big break” anyway?
CSJ: The time I was slowly getting known for my work - people I don’t know started to add me on instant messengers, haha. Getting called “csj” outside the interwebs, that was nice too. Also getting a steady amount of emails from prospective clients—that’s when I […]
Previously: Interview with Christian San Jose, Freelance Designer
Contract Worker: Do you maintain a portfolio site?
Christian San Jose: Csj89.com has nothing on it. Csjwcr.deviantart.com [is] temporary.
CW: Even without a portfolio site, how were you able to attract clients?
CSJ: I was fairly active in many communities (deviantart, behance, emptees). I posted my works on different galleries online, […]
One afternoon, while we were both working, Christian San Jose and I started sending each other IMs. I realized that CSJ would make a great subject to interview for this blog, because he has made a name for himself as a designer. So I started asking him questions about his freelance career. Thanks to the […]
I recently talked to a freelancer (who wishes to remain anonymous), and he had interesting things to share. He’s a web designer who’s paid around $900 per project. With an average of four projects a month, he makes around $43,200 a year.
This is a barely decent figure for someone living in the US, but if […]
Showing why "Freelancing" Isn't Just an F-Word Through Shared Experiences and Useful Info.
Written by Rico Mossesgeld [email] for b5media.
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