Yury Kusik

Product manager and craftsman @ freelance, believer in work freedom.
Freelance manifesto:

[Yury Kusik @yurykusik]

My #freelance manifesto: personal freedom, life comes first, income security, meaningful work, professional growth https://t.co/OwMWGuW0eE

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"A taste of freedom can make you unemployable."

@naval

[Yury Kusik @yurykusik]

I love it how @JeffNabers has "excited about what’s happening at Twitter right now, rather than horrified" in his co-founder search post https://t.co/dzh5NZePWB. A rarely honest way to find people with matching values

[Yury Kusik @yurykusik]

I've got a book by Hondkinson as a present from my co-workers when I quit my full-time job quite some time ago. Thank you @carly_burdova, @chriskottom, @jzajpt, @marekBend, Stu, Alexey, Tereza, James and others involved. You can't imagine how right you were choosing that book!

[Yury Kusik @yurykusik]

"When it comes to work, we’re usually not searching for a job that makes us wildly happy all day, every day; we know that’s not realistic. What we’re seeking is work that makes sense in the context of who we believe we are." https://t.co/25WKYpndJW 👇

[Yury Kusik @yurykusik]

The article also quotes Tom Hodgkinson: “There are lots and lots of different ways of organizing your life which don’t rely on one full-time job” and his name does ring a bell.

[Yury Kusik @yurykusik]

@byFcz No surprise, given how overregulated thr US healthcare is (fda + health insurance laws and regulations).

[Patrick McKenzie @patio11]

Quoted for endorsement.

Note that neither “Ask the target users for what they want” nor “Reason about it from first principles” substitutes well for this.

[Yury Kusik @yurykusik]

@johncutlefish Depends on how much will solving of the problem brings the company, and on my assessment of the problem's difficulty.

[Yury Kusik @yurykusik]

@elisedopson Wow, your friends have really gave top suggestions. I've been searching for fellow freelancers to follow, accidentally came across your tweet and wow. Super helpful! Now my browser has a million tabs open :)

[Eithiriel DeMeré 🏴🥀🏳️‍🌈 @NikkiElizDemere]

There is no better “growth hack” for SaaS than talking with your customers. Not just when you’re developing or marketing a product, but through every stage of the customer lifecycle. https://t.co/NiDGHgy0gg

ft. @intercom, @Appcues, @wootric, @segment

#CX #CustomerSuccess #SaaS

[Yury Kusik @yurykusik]

I just published “Why people often get freelance so wrong” https://t.co/x2xgufKgIv

[Yury Kusik @yurykusik]

39% of permanent employees "say they are likely to consider shifting to #agile work (which they define as "#temporary, #contract, #consultant or #freelance") in the next two to three years." via @forbes https://t.co/ftkMuOvw8Z

[Yury Kusik @yurykusik]

That's especially feasible when you are #freelance. I've called it "Life comes first" https://t.co/OwMWGuW0eE https://t.co/lwCxHSKja1

[Jacob Morgan @jacobm]

Family First. Work Second. #FutureofWork #Priorities

[Yury Kusik @yurykusik]

That sounds pretty cryptic when compressed into a tweet, I'll expand it in a blog post. Hope it will be of some interest for you @patlynes @RecruiterDotCom

[Yury Kusik @yurykusik]

In short, instead of buying freelancers hours on short term contracts (i.e. full-time, 8x5 gigs) and managing them like employees, I'd suggest establishing long term connections, and giving possibility to offer their services for small work requests that emerge within the company

[Yury Kusik @yurykusik]

The concerns like "some leaders and workers fear that if gig workers do not feel connected to a company culture, those gig workers will not perform at high levels" are pretty valid.

IMO, the reason for such lack of connection is in suboptimal approach to engaging freelancers. https://t.co/mIKjoU3KOY

[Yury Kusik @yurykusik]

“How to Price Yourself as a #Freelance Developer” — @inkdrop_app https://t.co/V5XIs6lFaJ

[Yury Kusik @yurykusik]

@ChrisR_Creative If clients often come down to your office then yes, it's useful :)

[Yury Kusik @yurykusik]

1. Break each task down into a separate line item with individual deliverables
2. Create a price for each deliverable
3. Attach a timeframe to each deliverable

That's almost exactly the approach behind https://t.co/UMyC6lA855 tool.