Can You Thrive-Or Atleast Not Serve-In The Modern Freelance Job Market ?

Can you thrive-or atleast not serve-in the modern freelance job market? May be...

- Damon Trent

The 9-to-5 slog, the cattle-call commute, the ballbusting from your bogs…is all this making you day dream a out having more independence d freedom over your job—and maybe even the potential for higher earning power?

Well, welcome to the gig economy!

What is “the gig economy”? 

“Gig,” as it’s used here, refers to any kind of paid work that isn’t a regular full-time job.

Technically, the gig economy began the first time a caveman offered someone a handful of pebbles to fillet a mammoth he’d slain. The reason we’re hearing about it a lot these days is because of a huge surge—from less than 10% of the U.S. workforce around the turn of the millennium to a full 33% now—in the number of people relying on gigs, not traditional jobs, as their main source of income.

And that figure could top 50% within 20 years.

Why is this happening?