From my experience, I've never seen a software contractor that could avoid being considered an employee if the eyes of the state government fell upon them closely.
I've never seen a software contractor that could avoid being considered an employee...
There are lots of them. Consider a company that doesn't produce software at all hiring you to build an app for them. or a company that has no expertise in your area, etc.
If you are embedded in a team and could swap roles with any of them, you probably aren't a really a contractor though.
From my experience, I've never seen a software contractor that could avoid being considered an employee if the eyes of the state government fell upon them closely.