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Useful in thinking about the factors that matter most in a career - but in need of major revisions for a Post-Pandemic workforce.
This is a somewhat useful book, which is nonetheless shows its age. It explores the dawn of the age of free agents but hasn't been updated in sometime. Nonetheless a lot of what the author shares is still accurate and spot, especially the reality of being a contract worker. This book could use some updates, but still has some useful information.
Really enjoyed this book as I think the workforce is going more towards free agents. Will be interesting how COVID brings this more to light.
The stories in the book are old, and it's an old book but the predictions in here have come to fruition and have accelerated since the time this book was published.
This book is a classic example of what could have been a blog post, at least in 2019 when the WHY freelance? question is pretty well dissected. I get that it wasn’t the case when the book was written I.e 2002. Only the last 20/30 pages had somepractical tips on how to be a free agent , however most of those resources are pretty obsolete today with niche professional networks a click away. This book needs a 2018/2019/2020 edition badly. If you’ve had this book on your list for a while, go find an...
An oldie but a goodie about how freelancing, self-employment and micro-entrepreneurship will change (and at this point, have changed) the world of work.
This is another interesting book from Daniel Pink about the intersection of cultural trends, market forces, and an individual's place amidst them. Once upon a time, people found themselves easily within families, nations, corporations, or other "ideological apparatuses" to paraphrase Louis Althusser. Now, however, all the machines are broken and decentralized. Pink does a great job of putting a lot of this into focus.On the other hand, most of what he writes here is patently obvious. Maybe it wa...
exhausting
I really enjoyed some of the author's other works. This one, however, didn't really land with me. This little book seems to mostly be glamorizing the life of a freelancer, without pointing out the many difficulties of such a path.The author has some useful points, but it didn't resonate with me and doesn't seem super helpful. I'm also interested to see what the author would write after exploring the modern gig economy.
This book was published in 2001, so the content is quite dated. It was interesting to see how many of the author’s predictions were correct. Certain content, such as FAN Clubs, is still very good and relevant.
Interesting chapters: Chapter 15, 16. The rest is boring: uninteresting details, or obvious if you've given any thought to freelancing.Might be good if you are new to or utterly bemused by freelancing; otherwise, not recommended (except perhaps the chapters mentioned above) -- just read the chapter summaries the author provides.Interesting tidbits:1/4 of workers in America are freelancers; 2/3 in California hold non-traditional jobs.Most people find jobs through contacts; and 5/6 of those cases,...
Daniel Pink - Free Agent NationSometimes a book is overtaken by history. Daniel Pink's Free Agent Nation is an optimistic look at the future, where more people will work for themselves and an entire economy will be reorganized to accomodate this growing army of Free Agents. But it's a book from 2001, written before 9/11 and before the Credit Crunch. So with hindsight it's an overly optimistic book.Does that mean that it was a waiste of time to read it. No, certainly not. Pink is an engaging writ...
