Going 1099

My wife and I have been contemplating a move to the Portland, OR area (where she is from) for a few years now, prompted by having out f...

A reader recently sent an update on how his 1099 efforts were going and I wanted to share it with you. While he hasn't successfully made...

My wife, Erica, works for herself as an executive communications consultant. She helps executives at organizations focus on their key mes...

A few months ago I was supposed to start a project with a different agency that required a security clearance. ​My most recent security ...

While this newsletter and my book are focused on the solo 1099 experience, I actually have a business with a partner and a few employees....

You ever get delayed on a flight and the pilot comes on the PA system to say it will be another 15 minutes? Then he does it again, and ag...

Money isn't everything. Here are some situations where leaving some money on the table is totally worth it: Leaving a lucrative project b...

When you're a W2 employee, you probably get paid twice a month or every two weeks. When you go 1099, you will probably agree to Net-30 pay...

Last year I appeared on the ClearanceJobs podcast to discuss working as a 1099 in the cleared government contracting industry. In case you...

I was doing HR data analysis on one of my 1099 contracts for a few years. The starting rate was $115. Later, I found contracts that used th...

Telling someone to “network” is like telling someone to get into shape. They know they should do it but it can be so overwhelming that they ...

I wrote an article for ClearedJobs.Net about "applying" for a 1099 gig online. This was adapted from Chapter 8 of my book: How to "apply onli...