It’s an interesting point of view you put across and not something I had really considered when writing the post having not been on the freelance side of things too often. I can defintely relate to the joy of picking up someone else’s code!

I guess it depends on what the type of work is involved in the core work, often it could be endless database migrations or hero banners that must be designed to strict brand guidelines at all times – in these cases, the baby sites or flash apps seem like the fun work…

Or could it be we always crave what the other has? Hmmm

As a freelancer I can see some of your points, but my experience is quite different. In fact I’d almost turn it on it’s head.

The core projects are where the interesting work is. The little extras that need to be sorted that are worked on by freelancers tend to be baby sites / micro flash apps or just finishing up on something that no one’s got time to finish (picking up someone else’s code – always fun!). The learning that goes with these little projects are very little compared to working on something more in depth like a larger project.

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