http://ramonaiftode.com/blog web design, blogging, forum management, life matters Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:50:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Six months ago I started my superb freelancing career and registered in some of the best known freelancing sites (Elance, guru, RAC etc.). As you can guess, there's gonna be a detailed story about each of them, today we warm up with Guru.com, a site I won't be a member ... http://ramonaiftode.com/blog/gurucom-75-usd-loss/ It's been 6 months since my professional life went down in flames. I was a well paid (at least for the number of hours I've worked) radio DJ, with a small freelancing "job" just for fun. I would earn a decent living, was spending more money on all kinds of ... http://ramonaiftode.com/blog/i-started-freelancing-to-have-more-time-for-myself/ I have started freelancing in July 2009. It was a shocking change from the advantages or having a fulltime job as a radio DJ and then being fired. Unemployment wasn't an option for me, getting back in the media business meant having to accept a very very low wage. I ... http://ramonaiftode.com/blog/freelancing-what-to-be-prepared-for/ My activity on the blog was pretty scarce lately so you might not know about my new professional situation. 3 months ago the radio station I have worked for the past 3 years closed its local studio and I was fired. Recession is serious in Romania too and mass-media is ... http://ramonaiftode.com/blog/why-i-love-freelancing/ My country is getting used to all those abbreviations and weird names: CEO, PhD, MBA etc. Since we have a lot of firms coming from other parts of the world with their own hierarchies, you can imagine everyone is an Executive Manager, or General Manager .. Many of the employees ... http://ramonaiftode.com/blog/hello-i-am-nobody/