Eric Shapiro
Sep 2, 2018 · 2 min read

Raahat, I am happy to hear that your experience with the IAPWE was not only a pleasant one, but one that helped encourage you to continue down the path of becoming a freelancer.

As the article pointed out, there are unfortunately clients that either don’t pay their freelancers at all or those that make the entire process unpleasant to the point that it discourages freelancers from continuing down this career path. Part of the purpose of my article was to point out that, in many cases, the issues that arise in client/freelancer relationships are the result of honest miscommunication or a failure to set mutually agreed upon guidelines and expectations. This doesn’t mean that that aren’t clients or freelancers with bad intentions from the start, but I like to believe that most people have good intentions.

At the IAPWE, we try to lay the groundwork for a successful working relationship by hashing out as many details as we possibly can before a freelancer invests their time on any content projects. While the IAPWE’s content guidelines may be a bit on the longer side, we would rather have a freelancer decide that a project isn’t for them before they begin working on it as opposed to after they submit content that they have spent valuable time on.

We would recommend that any freelancers that have worked with the IAPWE or who have simply read this article, not be afraid to propose additional guidelines and specifications to their clients that may help to narrow the scope of the work to be completed as well as set more accurate expectations for both parties in the working relationship.

Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and experience with the IAPWE’s process. I am glad that you are continuing to pursue your goal of becoming a freelancer and that your experience with the IAPWE played a part in encouraging this.

    Eric Shapiro

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