SOA filling the Gaps

This post is the last of trilogy of posts named after Sergo Leone 's movie The Good The Bad and The Ugly . In previous posts I described The Good Customer and The Bad Customer I start by describing the challenges of a Freelance Consultant, before dwelling on The Ugly Customer. You will soon discover that the two topics are related.  The World of a Freelance Consultant I refer to a Consultant with no Long Term full time employing customer. Unlike a Salaried Employee, he has to take care of many administrative tasks such as paying VAT , paying Income Tax and Paying National Insurance fees. One of his challenges is income instability and the number of work hours instability.  Sometimes his working hours are similar to working hours of typical salaried employee. During these periods his income is reasonable or good. Periods of too much work to do Periods of too much potential assignments are relatively easy to take care of: The Freelance Consultant could pick ...