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Freelancing and More|Ethics and Morals

August 13th, 2010 | Add a Comment

Recently I had reason to comment on a forum about something that I believe falls into the category of ethics and morals when it comes to freelancing. This is not the first time that I have come under fire for this type of comment, I have a very strong objection to people who are trying to game any type of system and more of a problem when people are trying to game a client. Here … Read entire article »

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