Negotiating with a freelancer about money can be quite confusing, especially if you’ve never done it before. Contract-based work is so different to working with coworkers and employees. While cost is obviously one of the most important factors of a project, it shouldn’t be the most important one, as it is highly relative.

Working with freelance contractors has its obvious risks. There are financial dangers, deadline issues and trust-based exposures which can create extreme vulnerabilities, especially in IT, where we work with data. However, hiring people who work remotely and/or contract-based can add a huge edge to your business. In many cases, experienced freelancers are simply better workers, because they are more efficient, and the financial requirements are often lower than keeping a permanent staff.

It’s 2019, and Freelancing is not for making ends meet until something better comes up anymore. Hungarian IT expert Árpád Vezse started working as a developer in the 90’s and never stopped being involved with the new, emerging technologies. His career is an interesting case study running from the first real mobile telecom company of the country to the newest, IT focused freelancer hub.