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From January 2025, the use of electronic invoice, or e-invoice (E-Rechnung in German), will be mandatory for B2B companies. While some businesses must transition earlier, solo entrepreneurs and small businesses have grace periods. But what exactly is an e-invoice, what needs to change, and by when does the transition need to happen? Let’s explore...
What does the IT freelance market look like in Germany in 2022? freelancermap asked over 2,000 IT freelancers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland about their rates, income, client relationship, and more. We’ve compiled the most interesting insights!
Freelancing is a form of self employment where individuals work according to their own schedules, as opposed to a traditional 9-5 job. With this freedom, freelancers have the option to work how ever many hours they want to in a week. In this article, we find out what the average number of freelancer working hours are per week and we also take a...
The freelancing movement is unstoppable. Freelancers are ready to jump into exciting projects anytime and motivated to support both large and medium-sized companies. They bring in expert knowledge, experience, and passion in what they do – what a great combination, right?
New Work, a flexible work-model centred around purpose and meaning, is gaining prominence in our society. Among freelancers and the self-employed, this transformation is increasingly taking hold. Here are five emerging freelancing trends in 2024 that could prove crucial for freelancers.
In today’s rapidly advancing day and age, one would think gender no longer plays a role in work. Far from it - this view of technology being “male” centric is a notion that continues to persist even today and prevents many girls and young women from even considering the exciting professional field of IT.
Freelancers face a lot of challenges in their day-to-day lives. How do we know what our community on freelancermap.com finds difficult? It’s simple, we asked you!
2022 was a challenging year for freelancers. Despite the horrendous shortage of skilled workers, companies have advertised fewer jobs over the past few months due to the inflation, which in turn has led to uncertainties and insecurities. Nevertheless, freelance experts can look to the future with optimism: Highly specialised IT talents in...
With the pandemic bringing the world to a standstill, work schedules and routines were turned upside down in almost all industries around the globe. Many companies were forced to make drastic changes which resulted in the reshaping of work as we know it. This article explores trends surrounding the modern workplace and talks about the future of...
The latest version of Python – Python 3.11 – is out now. But should developers opt for an upgrade just after its release? This post will talk about some of the major improvements as well as the current challenging areas of the newest Python version to help you decode the right time to switch to it. The evolution of Python...