Comments on: Your New Life As An Indie/Contractor I’m a computer programmer who works on multiple projects for multiple clients at the same time. There’s always that one client who forces me to be on site all day every day. From time-to-time I'll receive an urgent phone call or email from another client but I just can’t get up, go home, and fix the problem from there. What I usually do instead is to login to my home computer from the client’s computer where I’m working on site. The problem of course is that I’m afraid someone may see me working for the other client. For this reason I’ve been using atlantis privacy filter to camouflage and obfuscate a log-me-in window. I’m wondering how others in similar situations are dealing with this? I’m a computer programmer who works on multiple projects for multiple clients at the same time.

There’s always that one client who forces me to be on site all day every day.

From time-to-time I’ll receive an urgent phone call or email from another client but I just can’t get up, go home, and fix the problem from there.

What I usually do instead is to login to my home computer from the client’s computer where I’m working on site.

The problem of course is that I’m afraid someone may see me working for the other client.

For this reason I’ve been using atlantis privacy filter to camouflage and obfuscate a log-me-in window.

I’m wondering how others in similar situations are dealing with this?

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By: Indies, how do you make a living? » #AltDevBlogADay/2011/04/12/your-new-life-as-an-indiecontractor/#comment-2673 Indies, how do you make a living? » #AltDevBlogADay Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:01:54 +0000 Interesting read, I’ve updated my post to link to yours. Thanks!

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By: Savas Ziplies/2011/04/12/your-new-life-as-an-indiecontractor/#comment-2632 Savas Ziplies Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:00:14 +0000 Speaking as an independent contractor, also it is worth pointing out that you should Know Your Jurisdiction and be aware that what you pay yourself is not what your company earns - there are savings to be made and if you're planning on living for lengths of time without any contract (as you're probably going to if you're going to do indie game dev), being aware of all the options is a big positive. If in doubt, speak to an accountant :-) Speaking as an independent contractor, also it is worth pointing out that you should Know Your Jurisdiction and be aware that what you pay yourself is not what your company earns – there are savings to be made and if you’re planning on living for lengths of time without any contract (as you’re probably going to if you’re going to do indie game dev), being aware of all the options is a big positive.

If in doubt, speak to an accountant :-)

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