Sep 1, 2018
"So, as a freelancer, you have to be responsible to the project, you can't double book stuff, if not, you just don't have the bandwidth. I mean, pitching is good, knowing how to sell is great, but you can't oversell as well. Then obviously, from the other end, please be fair to your freelancers, they're only human, they're not going to pull off X amount of work in Y time, that kind of thing. You work in the industry, you know what's humanly possible.
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Ashima Thomas is the Co-founder & CEO of Warrior9 VR, an immersive content company that specialises in CG animated VR from Singapore. She is also the Chair of AsiaVR Association
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gaming company which specialises in mobile strategy games.
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