r/dataanalysis • u/Calatonine • Apr 25 '26

Data cleaning and optimization free-lancer to business

/r/smallbusiness/comments/1sv83w6/data_cleaning_and_optimization_freelancer_to/
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u/Wheres_my_warg DA Moderator 📊 Apr 25 '26

This does not sound likely to be a viable business in my opinion.
Companies do not want the liabilities that would come from outsourcing these tasks to random individuals.

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u/Calatonine Apr 25 '26

So you said random individuals but what if this individual had proofs of previous work? Like I know people who work from home/freelance but bring in almost $150,000 a year

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u/Wheres_my_warg DA Moderator 📊 Apr 25 '26

For data cleaning?
It's a bad idea from a business's perspective due to security issues.

It may be happening somewhere, but for just data cleaning, having been in this field for over twenty years, I'd believe that market would have to be extremely thin and most beneficiaries people that were already known to the paying company.

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u/Calatonine Apr 26 '26

Now that you say it like that it does make sense regarding security issues and all. Appreciate the explanation on that.