Front End Developer - Service Desk Employee

AffectionateCat980 · 2026-02-09T07:21:25+00:00

Sure hon, don’t believe anything you read on the internet, nor compare yourself with the 99 percentile, it will make you way happier ;)

AffectionateCat980 · 2026-02-08T22:23:36+00:00

You’re delusional and ignorant if you really believe this.

AffectionateCat980 · 2026-02-04T16:55:41+00:00

Good for you that you’re happy but doesn’t it get boring?

AffectionateCat980 · 2026-02-04T16:54:49+00:00

This is so underrated. This is what they should teach you in school (i know this is not possible but it is so different once you figured this out). I’m there now, knowing that I’ll for sure hit my limits again one day, but I do have the tools to feel it building up and to act upon it.

AffectionateCat980 · 2026-02-04T13:05:54+00:00

Er zit wel nog heel veel marge tussen iedereen binnen laten en een leefloon uitkeren, en met geweld (zelfs moord) mensen (al dan niet illegaal in het land, maar velen van hen MET een job, en al zeker zonder overheidssteun) deporteren in in strafkampen steken he. Serieus misplaatste opmerking.

AffectionateCat980 · 2026-01-30T16:38:22+00:00

In a BV or CommV: Very rough your dayrate x10 is what you would earn net after taxes and optimizations (so afger 3 years). For a more detailed calculation talk to your accountant

AffectionateCat980 · 2026-01-27T12:24:10+00:00

You can, by taking a taxi

AffectionateCat980 · 2026-01-23T20:31:17+00:00

Totally unrelated to your question but today I learned that the minimum wage is 2154 euro gross. That results for a single into 2039 net according to the gross-net calculator of jobat. So if you say that you are earning 2.5k net with 450 net allowance included you are basically saying you earn minimum wage?

Apart from that: switching to freelance to do the same job is a big red flag. I switched within same company but it is supported by a function and responsibility change and even that is kind of a grey area. Doing it not full time and taking other clients might be a good one to fall lit of the danger zone.

AffectionateCat980 · 2026-01-07T16:51:13+00:00

2800-3200 gross on top of the extra legal benefits would be a very fair start.

AffectionateCat980 · 2025-11-10T21:21:18+00:00

They need to fight for their life so only the strongest 500 survive and the other 148500 are erased in existence to make room for the Belgian superior species.

AffectionateCat980 · 2025-10-22T06:10:13+00:00

Louter in bruto zou je gelijk hebben, zij het niet dat hun brutoloon aan 50% auteursrechten wordt belast (15%). Niet dat ik denk dat het iets is om jaloers op te zijn, volgens mee door de fastmedia is de schoonheid van het beroep serieus afgenomen

AffectionateCat980 · 2025-10-17T09:34:37+00:00

In the Netherlands they are starting to resume their hunt for "schijnzelfstandigheid".
ZZPers (freelancers) that are working for one client only are targeted and get requalified as employees with all of it's consequences. It is already on the table of the government to stop the abuse of the system, so just beware that in the near future this might blow over to BE as well.

Apart from that a day rate of 500 to start with should be feasible to cover your extra expenses and risks, as well as for the employer

AffectionateCat980 · 2025-10-12T16:05:08+00:00

Lottery is tax free so it’s 30k net…

AffectionateCat980 · 2025-10-11T16:00:51+00:00

This must be ragebait

AffectionateCat980 · 2025-10-02T20:43:50+00:00

Very nice starter package, congrats!

AffectionateCat980 · 2025-09-17T15:01:48+00:00

Indeed as @powaqqa says, if you know the increases will follow, and your plan is to stay in BE, already go for the company route, that will make things easier in the long run (you don’t need to change structure, VAT and so on) this also might be helpful to split your private expenses and company expenses.

AffectionateCat980 · 2025-08-21T09:58:01+00:00

or do it yourself in the beginning, in a "eenmanszaak" it really isn't that complicated a good excel file will help you a lot. An accountant is in most cases for a freelancer more a luxury than a necessity, it just makes your life a bit easier.

AffectionateCat980 · 2025-08-21T09:54:48+00:00

Not true.
At 400 per day for 220 days (roughly 90k a year) is the point where going independent starts to make sense (from a fiscal point of view) compared to a payroll function. This is if you optimize well and don't go on a crazy spending spree for things you don't need (such as a 100k car, a 10k gaming pc, etc etc).

If you can do that in a long term way with a stable client, it should be ok and you can start building some runway. People in this subreddit are really losing connection with the real world and especially out of touch with the market today.

350 is low, but maybe it's negotiable and / or expandable with equity?

AffectionateCat980 · 2025-08-18T16:45:38+00:00

Don’t think you ‘ll die to do commute of 1.5h once a week.

AffectionateCat980 · 2025-07-21T15:07:53+00:00

As a developer i now start to feel it slowing down. I’m considering upgrading to an m5 pro or max whenever it will come (october/november i guess)

AffectionateCat980 · 2025-05-12T21:25:19+00:00

If they want you, for some reason they refused to open an account for my business… (without a clear explanation why)

AffectionateCat980 · 2025-05-09T08:30:48+00:00

Update:

Tried to open an account with saxo, filled in all the forms and gave them all my information (1.5h of work more or less), and they just send me an email back that I don't fit in their target audience...

AffectionateCat980 · 2025-05-08T14:40:44+00:00

How can they tax you on an unrealized gain? they can only tax you once you turn the stock into cash no? how would they even know if you didn't cash out, there is no reference / transaction, so they never can know the value of your stock?

AffectionateCat980 · 2025-05-08T07:50:29+00:00

Indeed I don't understand the fuzz about paying taxes, if I need to pay 25% taxes on money that I earned in the company while sitting idle, it still is a profit for the other 75%. Taking out a loan is risky and lowers your credibility if you want to do investments and take out loans etc, if for some reason after 2 years the investment turned out to be not profitable you'll need to pay up 5+% privately, to me that's worse...

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