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How to reply to “When are you going to get a real job?”
Holiday dinner. A relative asks, half joking. You freelance and you're doing fine.
Editor's promptWhen are you going to get a real job?
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Thanks for checking in. It pays the bills and I like it, so it feels pretty real to me.
Right after my clients stop paying me, I guess.
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