Be the only one

One of the reasons I was valuable as a 1099 was not because I was a great data analyst, it's because I was a mediocre data analyst on a team that had almost zero data analysts.

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king!

If you want to be appreciated for your skills, even if your skills aren't the best, join a team that doesn't have those skills at all, and then wow them.

Then, you'll have more leverage to go 1099.

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