“Deadline is the best motivation!” These are the wise words of Dusan Markovic, a Drupal Developer from Serbia. Three years back, Dusan Markovic was tired of chaotic labor conditions and fixed salaries. He was looking for more!

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Dusan Markovic
– Senior Drupal Developer
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2. Deadline is the best motivation!
“Deadline is the best
motivation!” These are the wise
words of Dusan Markovic, a
Drupal Developer from Serbia.
Three years back, Dusan
Markovic was tired of chaotic
labor conditions and fixed
salaries. He was looking for more!
That is when he started
freelancing next to his fulltime
employment...

3. Dusan Markovic
1) Firstly, can you tell us bit about yourself!
I´m Dusan Markovic, a senior Drupal developer from Serbia.
Mostly involved in web development/design projects, but also
working as a consulting provider. I´m in freelancing for more
than three years now.

4. Dusan Markovic
2) If you would search for your profile on Google, which are the
three keywords you would type in the search bar?
The keywords that I would use are "Drupal", "web developer",
"Serbia".

5. Dusan Markovic
3) What was your inspiration and when did you actually decide
to become a freelancer?
Working for fixed salary and being part of poorly organized and
somewhat static working environment in my old firms made me
ask myself if there´s something more for me out there. I started
freelancing in parallel and soon created my own start-up
providing freelancing services full time.

6. Dusan Markovic
4) What kind of services have your clients asked you to provide?
Some of my clients are interested in developing new web sites for
their brand, and some in troubleshooting, upgrading and
maintenance of their existing web projects.

7. Dusan Markovic
5) Do you use other freelancers or companies to provide skills
that you don’t possess?
If the time frame for the project is too narrow I have to use other
freelancers to assist me, otherwise I do it alone. The freelancers I
use are mostly some of my old friends or someone they
recommended.

8. Dusan Markovic
6) Now tell us, how do you find new clients that are interested
in your services?
When I turn around and look at my freelancing career I can tell
you that I practically had to beg for my first freelancer jobs. After
several months, all I needed were the clients which were pleased
with the job I´ve done for them. That was the best reference. I
have profiles on several freelancing/HR websites so far
(freelancermap.com, freelancer.com, oDesk, cyberCoders,
topTal...) and they´re good tool for finding new jobs. Social
networks are a must for job seekers.

9. Dusan Markovic
7) What about freelancermap.com? Can you tell us a little bit
about your experience with our IT-network?
I recently created profile here, because one of my colleagues
highly recommended freelancermap.com. And I already see that
you have much more job postings for web development than any
other freelancing site.

10. Dusan Markovic
8) How do you set yourself apart from your competitors? What
makes you special?
Every client has specific needs. I always listen to what client has
to say, do a research and provide my estimation. Though I´m not
asked for, I prepare pros and cons for every option I put on the
table.

11. Dusan Markovic
9) What are the top three books, blogs or magazines you read
to stay up to date in the IT-market?
If you want to stay up to date in web development, there are no
three books, blogs or magazines which you have to read. You
have to be interested enough to read about anything new that´s
connected with your business.

12. Dusan Markovic
10) Freestyle! Is there anything you would like to tell our
readers?
Never give up on a job opportunity and "deadline is the best
motivation" :)

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