James Knight recently made an unorthodox career move for a 27-year-old coder: quitting a well-paid job writing software for Google to go freelance. No more catered lunches, gold-plated benefits or ...

In any industry, it’s hard to evaluate your skills if you’re self-taught. When are your skills good enough to start freelancing? Self-taught coder Joyce Akiko answers this question, particularly for ...

Can small freelance contracts with tech companies and startups pay off? The federal government thinks so. After a successful pilot in 2015, the federal digital service 18F has created a new platform ...

The only good thing the COVID-19 pandemic brought is the introduction of flexibility in the traditional workspace. The pandemic forced companies, small and large, to adopt remote work, simultaneously ...

Americans are diving into freelancing — 38% performed freelance work in 2023, according to Upwork's December 2023 Freelance Forward survey. While some are freelancing full-time, many people are also ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. CEO of Human Cloud, Leading the intersection of technology and work. This article is more than 4 years old. James Knight, a ...

Max Nanis’s website prominently features about two dozen head shots of the skinny, scruffy 22-year-old Southern Californian with his shirt off. At the top of his “About” page, there’s a personalized ...