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> Sounds like he has a steady client that accommodates as many hours as he likes at that rate, and has done so for a dozen years.

It sounds like he’s basically been employed by this one company for 11 years, albeit on a contract basis.

These positions exist, but they’re not all that common. Usually if a company is paying a single person a premium for many years they’ll just hire a full-time person and be done. The average freelance contract you find should not be assumed to be a decade-long opportunity.



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