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when to work for free

Working for Free Has Value at Each Stage of a Career

December 9, 2014 by diannejacob 22 Comments

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Working for free at any stage of your career has value, says food writer Julie Van Rosendaal.

A guest post by Julie Van Rosendaal

I’m not being paid to write this. It’s a guest post, a format whose popularity has slipped in recent years as the concept of writing for exposure began to lose its luster. It seemed more popular back when no one was making any money at this blogging thing.

So why am I writing it, if I’m not being paid? Because I like and admire Dianne, I read her blog and want to give back for all the knowledge she’s shared with me, and because I’m part of this online community and find it an interesting conversation. Because I do what I do for plenty of reasons, and only one of them is monetary.

Derek Thompson made a good point in The Atlantic, that most of us [Read more…] about Working for Free Has Value at Each Stage of a Career

Filed Under: Career Tagged With: advantages of working for free, Food blogging, food writing, when to work for free

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