1099 opportunities in a DOGE environment

One of the reasons a company would bring on a 1099 or a sub-contractor is because bringing on a full time W2 employee would be too risky.

If a contract has a limited amount of time left on it and there is a vacancy, companies may not want to hire someone because they're not sure if they'll have billable work for the employee after the contract ends.

This is when hiring a 1099 would make sense, even if it reduces their margin. They're trading margin in exchange for a lower risky profile.

In the DOGE environment, my guess is primes are going to be more careful about hiring full time employees because of the fear that contracts may not get awarded or renewed or may even get canceled.

This is a great opportunity for aspiring 1099s, particularly if you're already working for a prime and are valuable to your client.

You can go to your PM and pitch a 1099 arrangement where you capture most of the billable rate. If you do it right, you'll earn a lot more in the time you have left in your contract.

Of course, this assumes you take on more risk, but there's a chance you may get laid off anyway, so might as well take a risk on your own terms.

Plus, if your contract doesn't get canceled, you're now set up for an extended 1099 project.

Weird times, but in weird times there are interesting opportunities

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