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Your own boss, which means you now have the worst boss you've ever had.
means Someone who sells their skills and labor contract-by-contract rather than drawing a salary from one employer.
from Coined by Walter Scott in Ivanhoe to describe a medieval mercenary knight whose lance was 'free' — not pledged to any lord, available for hire to whoever paid. By the 1800s it had drifted from battlefield to metaphor, describing anyone who sold their services without permanent allegiance; the 'lance' eventually faded into any kind of freelance work, from writing to coding, with no armor required.
- invoice anxiety
- chases payment, then apologizes for asking
- true schedule
- works all hours to protect zero fixed hours
- origin
- medieval mercenary, lance for hire, no lord
- benefits package
- exists only in the client's imagination