I was at work as a postman. I hated my job, but I had to do it to fund my way through college. Whenever I was on my post walks, I'd listen to interviews of people I admired. One day, I just so happened to be listening to a Bill Gates interview, and someone from the audience asked him what he'd be doing if he hadn't created Microsoft. He responded along the lines of "I'd be testing the limits with Natural Language data," and that he'd be an AI researcher.

Enterprises everywhere are looking for talent. And those with talents and skills that are in high demand can pretty much control their work life: where they work, how they work, compensation packages, and a host of other specifications about their work life. This is a huge opportunity for freelancers, if they keep current with demand and continue to enhance and expand their skills. Some, in fact, are predicting that, by 2027, the majority of the workforce will be comprised of freelancers, not regular, traditional employees. I have my predictions too for the future of freelancing and these are many.