Jani Tarkiainen – Android Developer

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Jani Tarkiainen – Android
Developer
27.04.2015 info@freelancermap.com

Can you imagine sipping a yummy cold
Thai mango-shake while sitting in a
Finnish sauna, sweating and boosting
your blood circulation? No? Maybe
our freelancer of the week Jani
Tarkiainen can. The 25 year old Finn
specialized in Android development
and currently lives and works in
Thailand. Let´s hear more about his
life and resume. And maybe he will
reveal whether there are any saunas
in Thailand at all…

1) First off, can you tell us a bit about yourself?
Hello, my name is Jani Tarkiainen. I'm a 25 year old Android
developer. I studied software engineering at a Finnish university
called Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences. After 2 years of
studying I went abroad to Bangkok, Thailand for exchanges
studies. After the exchange studies and some abroad work
experience on Android development I went back to Finland to
finish my bachelor's degree in software engineering and now
I'm back in Thailand. I have been running my own one man
Finnish Software Company by freelancing and I have been
building my own apps for the last nine months (since July 2014)
here from sunny Thailand.

2) If you would search for your profile on Google, which are
the three keywords you would type in the search bar?
Android developer, problem solving, passion for
programming

3) What was your inspiration and when did you actually decide
to become a freelancer?
During my studies and some hobby Android development projects
it became clear to me that I want to be working in Android
development, so I decided to build an Android app as my
bachelor's degree's final project. After the final project was
done, I still wanted to continue working on my own apps and at
the same time earn my living. So the decision was easy. I
established my own one man company which I use for
freelancing on Android projects and creating my own apps. I'm
about to finish my current project and I'll be ready for full-time
or part-time contracts.

4) What kind of services have your clients asked you to
provide?
I have been working on all aspects related to Android
development. Writing specifications, development,
maintenance, publishing the app, giving advices to clients
on best practices and also brainstorming new ideas for a
client's app.

5) Do you use other freelancers or companies to provide skills
that you don’t possess?
Sure I do. It's smart to build a team/network that can overcome
even the hardest tasks. After all, it will ease my work life if I can
concentrate on things I'm best at and also the client gets the
best possible solution. If other skills are needed, I can
recommend my contacts to the client for specific tasks or
handle the project management in the middle, depending on
the will of client and my freelance contacts.
I have teamed up with one SEO company, some freelance
designers and also one mid-size software development
company.

6) Now tell us, how do you find new clients that are
interested in your services?
At first, I got freelance projects from my old employer. Now I
have my own website with my portfolio and I started
writing an Android development blog, hoping to get some
new clients from there. Also huge thanks to my friend
Antti Sundberg at seoseon.com for his help in online
marketing and especially SEO towards markets in Nordic
countries.

7) What about freelancermap.com? Can you tell us a little
bit about your experience with our IT-network?
I'm new to freelancermap but the website looks very
promising. The project quality on freelancermap seems to
be better than what I've seen on other freelancing
networks. Clients are having better descriptions what skills
they are looking for and they are also willing to pay a good
price for the suitable talents.

8) How do you set yourself apart from your competitors?
What makes you special?
I am easy to communicate with. I spend time to understand
the client's needs and always trying to offer better solution
if there is one available. Also I'm fully focused on Android
platforms so I have very deep understanding of Android
SDK and the common libraries for Android development.

9) What are the top three books, blogs or magazines you
read to stay up to date in the IT-market?
Mostly I use flipboard and social sites for scrolling news and if
I want information of some specific topic I'll just google.
The interesting news I tend to save to pocket app so I can
check those later from my phone or desktop.

10) Freestyle! Is there anything you would like to tell our
readers?
Programming like anything else is all about passion and hard
work. People are not born as great programmers, but with
passion and hard work a person can become one.

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