Mandy Ingber Quotes

I've been lucky enough to primarily work for myself over the years.

Independent contractors - a rapidly growing piece of the workforce - can often achieve the best quality of life. They can choose from where they work, whom they work for and for how long.

Just because someone isn't working at an office doesn't mean they're not working hard at something.

Corporate stand-up allowed me to make my own schedule and make money as if I was in show business.

I would have to be able to come and go as I please. I could not sit in some office.

The TaskRabbit community provides thousands of individuals access to the kind of economy that puts them in charge of their own lives and income. TaskRabbit offers a new model of work, one that makes it possible for people to set their own schedules, establish their own rates, and use their talents and skills to earn a living on their own terms.

I'm a freelance person, and I've always been able to support myself.

I have had a 'real' job for only four years of my life, which means I only collected a traditional paycheck for that very short period of time.

My goal is to try to avoid a regular job.

I have always been a freelancer. I always work for myself.

I love the fact that I don't have a real job!

I am a freelancer. My services are available to anyone at any time.

The excitement of being a Task Rabbit is that you can create your own businesses and become an entrepreneur. We're creating jobs for people in this economy. Some of the Task Rabbits are cashing out at $5,000 per month.

I need to work outside government, on my own.

Overnight I became a cottage industry.

My father started his own business, and before that was a freelance lecturer, and my friends are artists and musicians; they don't have real jobs - none of us have real jobs.

I had temping jobs also. I liked the flexibility. There was no asking for time off; you just didn't work.

You don't have to work for a big corporation if you don't want to.

As a freelancer, as a writer, and running my company, people have always tried to negotiate me down. Some might think that I might accept their offers because they think I don't have many options. The truth is, I always have options available to me.

I've been able to become an entrepreneur and an independent artist.

Try life as your own boss, on your own voyage. No daily commute. No salad bar at 12:15. No cc'ing about the meeting.

The idea of going off to an office every day and 'putting on my art hat' doesn't appeal.

I don't say that I have a job. I have a gig, or a piece, or a film, or a show, but it's never a job.

I am a freelance programmer so I am flexible about my working hours and have quite a lot of free time.

I want to be doing something where I'm running my own show.