Going 1099

It may suprise you to learn that I'm considering getting a W2 job. My wife and I are planning a move to the Pacific Northwest to be closer to her ...

I get calls from recruiters about various govenrment contracting gigs quite a bit. When I'm not particularly interested in a role, I just tell the...

You know that everyone should have an emergency fund. It's particularly important as a 1099, because there will be times when you don't have any b...

  When I got my first 1099 gig, I didn't worry about logos or websites or any of the normal admin marketing stuff. Honestly I don't think you eve...

When I got my first 1099 gig, it was awesome! I made more money, took Friday's off, and felt like Leonard Dicaprio's character in Titanic: "I'm on...

I started learning about business in 2010, mostly by reading various business books and business-adjacent books. What has been fun for me over the...

I asked a reader what the best thing was about becoming a 1099. He is in the middle of his first 1099 gig so I thought he'd have some good insight...

  Over the last year I received e-mails from about ten different companies asking if I was interested in a position for a "Senior Tableau Admini...

It’s important to make a little progress every day if you’re planning on going 1099. Here’s something you can do in five minutes or less: calcula...

When I was a kid I liked to play a video game called Mario Kart 64 with my friends. It's a racing game with characters from the Mario universe. I...

At my last company, I was bored at work quite a bit so I spent a lot of time researching the world of " travel hacking ," which is basically the i...

You ever plan to have guests over and then the day of you’re frantically cleaning the house? Well, that’s how most people, including myself, attem...