How to get into the team as a freelancer, while doing your own thing?

Question

Freelance

The question is this - I now have my own business as a freelancer, 2 years have already passed since I was fed up with all this, and I would just like to be in a team of progers in order to be able to communicate
in my professional environment. At the same time, I do not want to be tied to the project and office schedule, as was the case with freelancing. The closest thing is, of course, a coworking center, but here it’s such a thing that everyone there is just
doing their own thing and no one sticks their nose into someone else’s. As an option I am considering -
it will get a job as a facilitator / consultant in a certain office and work for free.
In general, such thoughts - maybe someone has a successful experience?

Answer 1

By the will of fate, I was once brought to a coworking center. And instead of a bunch of interesting people, I found a bunch of strange people there, with strange ideas. As it turned out, "advanced" majors hang out there, who themselves do not know anything, exchange dubious information and order projects from smart freelancers.
It's more like a bunch of freaks (in terms of brain activity).
Therefore, the advice is this:
if you want communication, hire a team and become a company.

Answer 2

Not tied to a project?
Gee-gee.
Coworking is not common. There is nothing for a normal specialist to do there.
Companies have isolated offices.
Getting hired by a company and doing nothing, even for free, will not work.
Only if it is not specified in advance. Maybe there is an extra table somewhere...
I would look at academic/educational institutions.
It is practiced there.

Answer 3

Hm. I looked at it from the perspective of an employer (which I might become) and an IT security officer. A certain person comes, works on the internal network ... Even for free - he needs to allocate a computer, he consumes electricity, loads the network, takes the time of the administrators - and there may be no way out - because how can I demand something from him?
Do I need such an employee? That's right, no.
A person who has been freelancing for a long time, the brains are rebuilt - because he is not only a programmer, but also a project manager and director ... "and I know how to use a typewriter ..." (C) Cat Matroskin And this restructuring of the brain can seriously complicate the return to office - it will be necessary to have siiiiiiil motivation.

Answer 4

Well, come to the coworking space and poke your nose, obviously, or make friends

Answer 5

I don’t have coving in my city, but like in any city, there are enough teams of developers (those who read and think that there are no such teams in their small towns, they are mistaken, as a rule there are)
I sit with the guys in the office, I’m happy with everything, but if you find similar teams are difficult, go to the university as a part-time job, I know a person with a price list of $ 50 / h who does just that so that it is not boring

Answer 6

I think a freelancer needs to create his own team and be at the head of it, than to look for where to join in this world...))

Answer 7

We never take freelancers on a permanent basis as a matter of principle, unless the freelancer is not particularly critical to load the freelancer remotely. To get good work results, you need to be completely immersed in the project, which is basically impossible for a freelancer, because. he still has N-number of projects of his own clients in his head. I do not argue that a freelancer can think more broadly, but the employer does not need this to complete specific tasks for specific projects.
Either coworking, or your own organization, no other options immediately come to mind.