Another Thing They Don't Teach You...

When I graduated from University, I had no idea what the real world of work was going to be like. If there is one thing I would criticise, it is the lack of information for the students about the reality of business in the UK (it doesn't paint a pretty picture); that most of us will at some point be self-employed/freelancing if we want to stay in the chosen industry (on my course this covered CG, Web and A/V). Fortunately, it hasn't taken me too long (approximately 4 months) to land a cushty job as an Animator in a very nice studio in the West Midlands. And there have been quite a few things to learn-on-the-job, one of which has been brought up over on the Muddy Colors blog; INVOICING.

The invoice is very important to any self employed person and this post takes the various sections of the invoice and breaks them down to describe what they actually mean to us.