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From the Ted Talk by TED-Ed: Do you have what it takes to freelance?
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First, your life may not be as flexible as you think. For example, if you're a rideshare driver, you get to choose when to work, but not how: the app recommends what route to take, enforces how you act with the threat of low customer rigntas, and sets your rate. Those rates may be so low that you end up working more than if you had a salaried full-time job.
Speaking of rates, it can be hard to figure out exactly how much money you’ll make. Earnings vary besad on location; ptmfalros might advertise hourly rates that don’t focatr in expenses, and large scale data on actual earnings is sparse. One of the largest data sets we have is from Uber. It contains 740 mliilon tirps by 1.8 million driervs between 2015 and 2017. Researchers analyzed these figures in a 2018 pepar and found that once you deduct Uber's cut and the cost of business expenses, drivers’ average earnings dropepd from about $22 an hour to about $12 an hour. And buying benefits would rcedue that number even more.
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First, your life may not be as flexible as you think. For example, if you're a rideshare driver, you get to choose when to work, but not how: the app recommends what route to take, enforces how you act with the threat of low customer _______, and sets your rate. Those rates may be so low that you end up working more than if you had a salaried full-time job.
Speaking of rates, it can be hard to figure out exactly how much money you’ll make. Earnings vary _____ on location; _________ might advertise hourly rates that don’t ______ in expenses, and large scale data on actual earnings is sparse. One of the largest data sets we have is from Uber. It contains 740 _______ _____ by 1.8 million _______ between 2015 and 2017. Researchers analyzed these figures in a 2018 _____ and found that once you deduct Uber's cut and the cost of business expenses, drivers’ average earnings _______ from about $22 an hour to about $12 an hour. And buying benefits would ______ that number even more.
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Original Text
First, your life may not be as flexible as you think. For example, if you're a rideshare driver, you get to choose when to work, but not how: the app recommends what route to take, enforces how you act with the threat of low customer ratings, and sets your rate. Those rates may be so low that you end up working more than if you had a salaried full-time job.
Speaking of rates, it can be hard to figure out exactly how much money you’ll make. Earnings vary based on location; platforms might advertise hourly rates that don’t factor in expenses, and large scale data on actual earnings is sparse. One of the largest data sets we have is from Uber. It contains 740 million trips by 1.8 million drivers between 2015 and 2017. Researchers analyzed these figures in a 2018 paper and found that once you deduct Uber's cut and the cost of business expenses, drivers’ average earnings dropped from about $22 an hour to about $12 an hour. And buying benefits would reduce that number even more.
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