Microsoft Dynamics freelancers explain the benefits of going solo

Some Microsoft Dynamics professionals cannot be challenged enough for their liking; to them, job satisfaction means diverse projects, certifications, and dipping their hands into the bleeding edge of Microsoft technology.

So finds Nigel Frank International - routinely - in its annual Salary Survey reports, which are published in August/September. According to its 2017 Dynamics Salary Survey, 55 percent of Dynamics professionals would consider going freelance in the next year, even if they were in permanent employment with a customer, ISV or channel partner. (In 2016, one in five were actively considering freelance work.)

Among those pondering contract work in the most recent survey, 56 percent cited higher earning potential as their primary reason; 48 percent named job flexibility; and 31 percent cited the chance to work on a variety of projects.

Our query of three Dynamics freelancers reveals much the same and a few reasons more. They elaborated for us their decisions to go solo, and the satisfaction they have found since.

More self determination, less complication and constraint

Bjarke Sonnichsen, a freelance Microsoft Dynamics NAV consultant, observes that "It is important for both the customers and the freelancer to be satisfied in the short term as well as the long term."

As a freelancer, Sonnichsen says he can always set the agenda that he wants, and the services he sells or delivers are defined differently than ordinary NAV partners normally define them. "I was a NAV partner myself 10 years ago," he says. "I was the owner and CEO of that company and then I sold it and ...