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A lot of the questions I field about freelancing and business come from people that are programmers. But what about data science? Can that be as viable a trade for freelancing as programming is?
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Many freelancers, especially new ones, will want to earn long-term clients. How do you go about doing that, and is it actually valuable to do?
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One of the most important (and stress-inducing) times in the career of a freelancer/business-owner is when you increase your rates or prices. Is it normal to feel guilty when doing so?
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If you're going off on your own as a freelancer, do you need to have a bookkeeper? If so, when should you hire one?
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This is an interesting one. How would should you respond to someone telling you "freelancing isn't a real job?"
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This one is kind of a specific question. What happens when you're a freelancer and ask a client to sign a contract, but they supply their own instead for you to sign?
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Once you go off on your own and freelance, likely for the first time in your career, you won't have a boss. What's that like?
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One thing that freelancers commonly deal with, and that a lot of people ask me about is how to become a "true consultant" or an advisor, rather than just a laborer where the client gives you a checklist of things to go.
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Part of any freelancer's practice is going to be doing sales conversations, and any good sales conversation for custom work will involve a discovery process. What should that look like? What questions should you ask the prospect?
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You've done some development work for a client, and as far as you're concerned, the work is over. But they come back later, demanding that you do additional work to fix a bug. How do you handle that? Join us to learn more.
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You've just hung out your shingle and are about to start freelancing. Congratulations! Now how do you get that first client? Join us to learn more.
Link of the week: Proxyrack Residential Proxies
As a freelancer, you'll find that your income tends to be a lot more variable and less dependent than salaried work. How do you deal with that situation, both in terms of financial planning and making things more predictable? Join us to learn more.
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Link of the week: Serverless Computing for Dummies
When you have your own practice or business, lead generation is obviously critical. But how should you go about it and, specifically, is LinkedIn a good channel for lead generation? Join us to learn more.
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Insurance is pretty straightforward for those in the salaried world. But when you go off on your own, how does it work? What kinds of insurance do you need to think about, and how do you obtain them?
Link of the week: Your Complete Guide to Test Automation Frameworks
This is something near and dear to the heart of any freelancer. The time has come and you've decided you need to raise your rates. How do you tell your clients about it, and how do you manage this process of rate raising in general?
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Anyone who has hung out their shingle to freelance has likely encountered the so-called "feast or famine" cycle. What is this, why is it suboptimal, how do you get out of it, and how long does it take to get out?
Link of the week: The Pros and Cons of Test Data Synthetics (or Data Fabrication)
Sick time is pretty straightforward for employees. But how does this work when you go off on your own as a freelancer? How do freelancers handle it when they get sick?
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You're thinking of starting a business or a freelance practice. Should you name the business and website after yourself, or should you create a separate brand for it?
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If you're working on significant projects in parallel for multiple clients, you might find yourself mentally "thrashing," or struggling with the context switching between the different projects. How do you handle that?
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People toss around the terms "freelancer" and "consultant" a lot -- often interchangeably. But what does each really mean, and what's the difference?
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- Learn to create a Kubernetes cluster in AWS
- What does bimodal mean in the context of release managment?
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