One of the challenges of working freelance is keeping your project pipeline balanced, so that clients aren’t waiting too long for your availability and you are not left with gaps between projects. This usually means having to split your working day between ongoing business development initiatives and your actual paid project work.
Freelance networks like Toptal can potentially help keep the project pipeline primed so that you can focus more on your primary core skills. You know, the ones that are actually billable. A web application programmer is often not only programmer, but must serve many different roles: operations (DevOps), first-level testing and Q/A, database administrator, incidental graphic designer (not typically the strongest card in our deck), etc. When you are freelance you have doubled the number of roles.
That is why Toptal Web Development Network could be an attractive solution for keeping that project pipeline healthy; freeing yourself to focus on improving the ongoing quality of your billable work. More billable hours means more revenue, or more time to spend with your family. Just as you might hire an accountant to take care of your book keeping, why not join a network to free you from some of the burden of business development. It just seems to make sense.