Gig working – Everybody is an entrepreneur Amaya Fernandez, 34, has been a Flamenco dancer for years. Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, she would spend at least six hours over the weekend to her dance class to perfect the art. It paid off: In the last few years, she has been a top performer in her class. Fernandez was keen to go professional and set up a dance studio but did not dare to quit her day (a senior IT professional) job. However, sometimes passion overrides profession, and that happened to Fernandez also. In November 2020, she built her Flamenco dance platform and started taking online classes since physical classes were not possible. Initially, there were very few students, but slowly it picked up. Today, she has 50 students. But Fernandez is not happy with just a dance class. So along with teaching Flamenco to her students, she started showing them short movies on the dance form, talking to them about the history of Flamenco, and sometimes holds discussions on Spanish food. “I think people need to understand the local/national culture to truly imbibe an art form,” says Fernandez. Her site has live classes and recorded classes, and students can choose their preferred channel and pay accordingly. While Fernandez still does freelance IT work, she is not dependent on that income anymore. “I still take up hi-value IT projects that give me headroom to spend more time on the dance platform”.
“The gig economy is not an extra money situation anymore,” says Fernandez. “Traditional jobs are not as sought-after or desirable as they once were, especially by people like me who are in their 30s. I want more flexibility and quality of life. This is the way forward,” she adds. Fernandez is now in talks with a certification institute in Spain for yearly evaluation of her students. Soure View: - https://begig.livejournal.com/1025.html