As a professional, your experience matters a lot. And, to “officially” prove your experience you need to have evidences, which are generally called experience letters, reference letters, letter of recommendation etc. The point that I want to emphasize in my this post is not to forget the paperwork.
Right from the time you start a project to the final stages of any project, make sure you do all the paperwork. You need to have the contracts signed up, have costing fixed, maintain invoices and a reference/experience letter after the completion of the project. Freelancing is just like a one man business and you should be taking care of the paperwork, just like any business does. You will need them to pay taxes, get a job in future, travel outside your country, immigration. It can just be anything, anything that I or you cannot think of right now. So, be ready to complete the paperwork at every stage. It just takes a little effort but saves you from real big problem in future.
Two documents that you should always maintain are: (1) Invoices & (2) Experience/Reference letter. These are the bare minimum documents that you should always have. Apart from this you can have signed contracts, NDAs or anything else that might be involved in the project. Make this a habit, be professional and save yourself from lot of unforeseen problems in future.
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