Nobody's saying you shouldn't, either. But if you expect to succeed in self-employment, you'd better make time to market yourself somehow. We found that IPs disagree on this issue. You can still give a good speech. And you ought to, because it's a fun and cheap way to boost your credibility and drum up business.
Most independent professionals know that joining an association can help their networking.
The Great Scott, a magician, is used to stunning children and adults by making things appear and disappear. Hold those hormones and read this first. Most of them. Sometimes, however, a client crawls out of your nightmare swamp and almost makes you wish you were a wage slave again. 1099 talks with three IPs about the accounts that changed their businesses.