The document discusses reasons for becoming a freelance Flash developer and lessons learned from the author's experience as a freelancer. It outlines top reasons for going freelance such as wanting more freedom and challenges. It then details the author's personal story and shares tips for freelancing successfully including setting goals, choosing projects, estimating work, managing clients, and maintaining a work-life balance. The overall message is that freelancing can be rewarding but requires discipline, experimentation, and embracing both successes and failures.
How to Build Software If You Can't Write CodeRussell Wallace
You've got a great app or website idea, but you don't know how to code...what do you do? This deck walks you through how to build your vision successfully and avoid the common pitfalls that non-technical startup founders face.
Some basic guidelines for beginner freelancers. Briefly covers starting freelancing, getting projects, working with projects and clients etc.
Presented at a seminar on "Building Tech Career" at DUET, Gazipur, Dhaka. Arranged by http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phpexperts/
How to Build Software If You Can't Write CodeRussell Wallace
You've got a great app or website idea, but you don't know how to code...what do you do? This deck walks you through how to build your vision successfully and avoid the common pitfalls that non-technical startup founders face.
Some basic guidelines for beginner freelancers. Briefly covers starting freelancing, getting projects, working with projects and clients etc.
Presented at a seminar on "Building Tech Career" at DUET, Gazipur, Dhaka. Arranged by http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phpexperts/
If you’re a creative or technical professional, odds are you need a great portfolio website. What makes a good portfolio? What if you’re a writer, or a developer, and don’t have a lot of visual work to show? We’ll go over how to navigate the intimidating world of personal portfolio websites, using WordPress as our guide.
ROWAD Seminars |How to Become an Online Freelancer.ROWAD Foundation
Can you make money by working online while being in Yemen? In this training seminar Mr. Ameer Tawfik will share with us his experience as an online freelancer.
What is Freelancing? How to start as a Freelancer? Which platforms are good for freelancing? How to start online career through Freelancing? How to earn up to 100$ in a day?
Below are Top-10 freelancing websites.
Truelancer - https://bit.ly/2M2cQfS
Fiverr - https://www.fiverr.com/
Upwork - https://www.upwork.com/
Freelancer - https://www.freelancer.com/
People per hour - https://www.peopleperhour.com/
Guru - https://www.guru.com/
Worknhire - https://worknhire.com/
99Designs.com - https://99designs.com/
Coding ninjas - https://codingninjas.co/
Toptal - https://www.toptal.com/
It seems easy to repeat what we have already known and done? But think about what you are missing out. Are you getting stuck in a rut doing repeated processes days after days.
Whether you are a newbie or an Agile/Scrum expert, this September Scrum Breakfast could help you find a creative way to refresh yourself and your Agile/Scrum practices.
Top 10 Portfolio Questions for UX & Visual DesignersTroy Parke
Want to land your dream job or keep your portfolio fresh while you're employed? Your portfolio is the key to the next step in your career!
Troy Parke from Big Fish Games, http://www.linkedin.com/in/troyparke, presents his answers to the Top 10 Portfolio Questions from Filter, the anatomy of a good UX or Visual Design portfolio and provides insider information on how to catch the eye of a hiring manager.
This event was part of Behance Portfolio Review Week: May 13-20, 2013.
Software developers use the term “Technical Debt” as a metaphor to convey the compromise between hitting the release date to meet the deadline and cleaning your code to ensure the quality. This could relate to financial debt when you could get money in a quicker and easier way but it comes with the duty of paying interest. In software development, incurring “Technical Debt” comes with extra work in the future and some other consequences.
Second webinar in the 3 webinar master class, Secrets of a WordPress Web Designer Revealed. One of the reasons aspiring web designers stay swirling around feeling less than competent is that they never stay with a theme and learn to customize it. Of course, they do need to start with the right theme framework for their skills.
What is freelancing - How to earn with freelancing?mohitchouhan95
If a person has a talent, there is an art, he can use that art for another person and that other person gives money in exchange for it, it is called freelancing. Now freelancing can be very kind no matter what the work is, it is all involved in freelancing of content writing, designing, SEO, link building, video making.
If you want to start your freelancing career you can visit our website https://digilearnings.com
Software Developer Career Unplugged - GeeCon 2013Wojciech Seliga
This is my quite subjective take on various less technical aspects of a software developer career. I delivered this presentation and GeeCon 2013 (video hopefully coming soon) and quite compressed/abridged version at InfoSHARE.
Design and the Art of Freelancing - AWDG April 2009Dan Rubin
A talk I gave in April 2009, tailored for the Atlanta Web Design Group — after the talk, I added some slides to the "business" section as that was discussion-only at the event, and I wanted to make sure there were some slides to hit some of the main points we talked about.
If you’re a creative or technical professional, odds are you need a great portfolio website. What makes a good portfolio? What if you’re a writer, or a developer, and don’t have a lot of visual work to show? We’ll go over how to navigate the intimidating world of personal portfolio websites, using WordPress as our guide.
ROWAD Seminars |How to Become an Online Freelancer.ROWAD Foundation
Can you make money by working online while being in Yemen? In this training seminar Mr. Ameer Tawfik will share with us his experience as an online freelancer.
What is Freelancing? How to start as a Freelancer? Which platforms are good for freelancing? How to start online career through Freelancing? How to earn up to 100$ in a day?
Below are Top-10 freelancing websites.
Truelancer - https://bit.ly/2M2cQfS
Fiverr - https://www.fiverr.com/
Upwork - https://www.upwork.com/
Freelancer - https://www.freelancer.com/
People per hour - https://www.peopleperhour.com/
Guru - https://www.guru.com/
Worknhire - https://worknhire.com/
99Designs.com - https://99designs.com/
Coding ninjas - https://codingninjas.co/
Toptal - https://www.toptal.com/
It seems easy to repeat what we have already known and done? But think about what you are missing out. Are you getting stuck in a rut doing repeated processes days after days.
Whether you are a newbie or an Agile/Scrum expert, this September Scrum Breakfast could help you find a creative way to refresh yourself and your Agile/Scrum practices.
Top 10 Portfolio Questions for UX & Visual DesignersTroy Parke
Want to land your dream job or keep your portfolio fresh while you're employed? Your portfolio is the key to the next step in your career!
Troy Parke from Big Fish Games, http://www.linkedin.com/in/troyparke, presents his answers to the Top 10 Portfolio Questions from Filter, the anatomy of a good UX or Visual Design portfolio and provides insider information on how to catch the eye of a hiring manager.
This event was part of Behance Portfolio Review Week: May 13-20, 2013.
Software developers use the term “Technical Debt” as a metaphor to convey the compromise between hitting the release date to meet the deadline and cleaning your code to ensure the quality. This could relate to financial debt when you could get money in a quicker and easier way but it comes with the duty of paying interest. In software development, incurring “Technical Debt” comes with extra work in the future and some other consequences.
Second webinar in the 3 webinar master class, Secrets of a WordPress Web Designer Revealed. One of the reasons aspiring web designers stay swirling around feeling less than competent is that they never stay with a theme and learn to customize it. Of course, they do need to start with the right theme framework for their skills.
What is freelancing - How to earn with freelancing?mohitchouhan95
If a person has a talent, there is an art, he can use that art for another person and that other person gives money in exchange for it, it is called freelancing. Now freelancing can be very kind no matter what the work is, it is all involved in freelancing of content writing, designing, SEO, link building, video making.
If you want to start your freelancing career you can visit our website https://digilearnings.com
Software Developer Career Unplugged - GeeCon 2013Wojciech Seliga
This is my quite subjective take on various less technical aspects of a software developer career. I delivered this presentation and GeeCon 2013 (video hopefully coming soon) and quite compressed/abridged version at InfoSHARE.
Design and the Art of Freelancing - AWDG April 2009Dan Rubin
A talk I gave in April 2009, tailored for the Atlanta Web Design Group — after the talk, I added some slides to the "business" section as that was discussion-only at the event, and I wanted to make sure there were some slides to hit some of the main points we talked about.
As a freelancer, you must be your own IT department. You are responsible for website hosting, backups, version control, project/time-tracking and invoicing. Finding inexpensive and maintainable solutions for these needs can be quite daunting. In this session, I will present an overview open-source solutions for these needs.
Innovation through an open social platform: The case of the Taipei HackerspaceGergely Imreh
Slides from a talk given at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology to a class of Masters and PhD students studying industrial management. I was showcasing the projects created at the Taipei Hackerspace, and telling the stories behind the projects, highlighting lessons learned.
Talk recording: http://youtu.be/aCARC5JouGU
Digibury: Daniel Knox and Kieth Greenhow - MakerspaceLizzie Hodgson
University of Kent students Daniel Knox and Keith Greenhow explore the meaning and development of the 'maker culture', posing a question to the audience, 'what makes a space a place?'
Hack the World: How the Maker Movement is Impacting InnovationMadelynn Martiniere
What is a hacker? A maker? What crazy stuff comes out of a hackerspace?
From DIY geiger counters in Fukushima to teaching engineering through racing electric kids cars, I show how simple hardware - mixed with the right culture of innovation - has massive, global impact on education, innovation, and community development.
The university as a hackerspace - Joss Winn - Jisc Digital Festival 2014Jisc
The University of Lincoln has explored opportunities as diverse as the potential of open data, developed a research data infrastructure, nurtured student developers and developed a research-led approach to teaching known as the student as producer, to name a few. However, these projects and initiatives have not been throw away experiments. Rather, they have helped inform the University’s new Digital Education Strategy aimed at meeting the needs and improving the experience of its students and researchers at a time when the idea and purpose of the university is being challenged.
This provides an overview of some of the innovative projects and initiatives the University of Lincoln has undertaken in the past few years and how universities can explore approaches to teaching and research support, while helping inform the institutional mission and strategy. It will also provide an opportunity for managers, learning technologists and teachers to discuss the potential for such an approach at their institution and to share relevant experiences and ideas.
تتكلم هذه المحاضرة عن مفهوم الهاكرسبيس في العالم ثم يتم الحديث عن موصل سبيس بصفته ثالث هكرسبيس في العراق وتحتوي المحاضرة على توثيق لجزء من فعاليات موصل سبيس
Empowering the hacker in us: a comparison of fab lab and hackerspace ecosystemsCameron Guthrie
Presentation made at the 5th LAEMOS (Latin American and European Meeting on Organization Studies) Colloquium, Havana Cuba, 2‐5 April 2014. You can download the paper here : tinyurl.com/k6vtozq.
A Brief Overview of the HCIL Hackerspace at UMDJon Froehlich
A brief overview of the HCIL Hackerspace at the University of Maryland started by Computer Science Assistant Professor Jon Froehlich in 2012. The Hackerspace is within the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL), which is one of the oldest HCI research labs in the world having been founded by Professor Shneiderman in 1983. This slide deck also includes a few pictures of other HCIL spaces including the main lab, hallways, office space, and the usability lab. The design of the main lab and hallway space (e.g., tangible timeline on wall) was led by Professor Allison Druin.
An introduction to how SpaceGAMBIT helps hackerspaces around the world build technologies to further mankind's future as a spacefaring civilization. Includes
* What is a hackerspace
* Cool hackerspace projects
* How to find a hackerspace near you
* Projects we're looking to fund
* How to get involved
To land your dream job in a creative role, there’s nothing more important than the interview. Job interviews showcase your talent and expertise—and your ability to think on your feet. So how do you make sure you’re prepared?
Networking for job interviews
Crafting an effective resume and creative portfolio
Researching the company and position
Dressing for a job interview
Bringing the right materials
Knowing your long-term goals
Asking about next steps
Following up with the interviewer
Staying positive and confident
IT Talk - The perfect Developer - A guide to become a unicorn Facundo Mauricio
A presentation about development from the project management point of view and how to approach the people-related challenges of agile methodologies and software development
To land your dream job in a creative role, there’s nothing more important than the interview. Job interviews showcase your talent and expertise—and your ability to think on your feet. So how do you make sure you’re prepared?
Networking for job interviews
Crafting an effective resume and creative portfolio
Researching the company and position
Dressing for a job interview
Bringing the right materials
Knowing your long-term goals
Asking about the next steps
Following up with the interviewer
Staying positive and confident
Top 10 Things To Do If You Want To Get Fired Over A WordPress ProjectWilliam Bergmann
A rundown of 10 of the most common ways to wreck a WordPress project, along with tips to avoid them for Project Managers on both the Client and Agency side.
This presentation talks about how to do outsourcing the right way. It needs a proper time investment and commitment, but can really help the small business owner.
Career of the Software Engineer in Modern Open-Source e-Commerce CompanyVrann Tulika
Eugene will talk about the key components of the successful career in software engineering. This will cover various subjects: the landscape of modern IT business: fields, specializations of software; IT departments and roles in big companies; Passing the interview and being a successful employee; Specifics of e-commerce open-source software; Importance of the soft skills for career growth.
Making a website is more then making pretty picture and some sales jargon. You have to fully understand the project, your audience, current traffic trends and the even more important – the business goals before every writing a line of code.
Jump-start your career in IT as a Business Analyst
American employers will need 876,000 business analysis related professionals by 2020.
(Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections Program)
Come and learn: How you can start making 50k to 60k by 4th of July 2017 as a Business Analyst
Topics include:
• How can anyone start career in IT (Information Technology)?
• No technical assistance required.
• Working as a Business Analyst
• What is Business Analyst?
• What does Business Analyst Do?
• How we teach?
• What we teach?
• Job opportunities
• Q & A
Expanding skill sets - Broaden your perspective on designroskakori
The term design can mean different things to people from different backgrounds. This talk from the PyGRAZ and UX Graz meetup from 2023-07-25 acts as basis for an open discussion between these two user groups. It describes the "minimum viable everything" design of an actual application under development. Starting from the problem to solve it explores the evolution of the data models and visualizes a major rework. It also showcases a few approaches to "low effort" UI in the early phase of a project when concepts are still in flux.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
3. Top reasons to go freelance
I hate my job
I hate my boss
I hate my colleagues
My work is not valued
Our clients are idiots
I’m wasting my time
I’m not paid enough
4. Top reasons to go freelance
I want a challenge
I want freedom
I want to experiment
I want geek status
I want to build a business
I want to live up to my potential
5. My story
FlashForward 2001 - Amsterdam
Macromedia Flash MX sneak peek
flashcomponents.net
Flash MX Most Wanted Components
Macromedia Certified Flash Professional
Freelance Flash developer
6. My story
FlashForward 2001 - Amsterdam
Macromedia Flash MX sneak peek
Passion
flashcomponents.net
+
Flash MX Most Wanted Components
Sharing
Macromedia Certified Flash Professional
=
Freelance Flash developer
Work
10. Speak at events
Flash on the Beach
FITC
Adobe MAX FlashForward
Flashtival
The ActionScript Conference
webDU
Multi-Mania
Scotch on the Rocks
Flashconference.de
MediaElements
12. Work versus pay
• Not all work is paid work
• Where do you draw the line?
• When does helping out become working for free?
• How do you set expectation?
13. Work versus pay
• 15 minute rule
• Give advice not solutions
• No refund policy
That said...
• Be nice!
• These are potential clients
14. Freedom requires discipline
• Its (too) easy to do overtime
• Keep track of your hours
• Set milestones and create daily todo lists
• Procrastination is your enemy
15. Dealing with clients
• Be clear about your skills and expertise
• Give honest feedback about their plans
• Know your role within the project
• Communicate and set up a workflow
16. Choosing your projects
• Do not take on just any project!
• Make sure you feel comfortable about the work
• Money should not be the determining factor
• Its tempting to bite off more than you can chew
18. Embrace the possibility of fuckups
• Murphy’s law and human fallibility
• Technical limitations are not always avoidable
• Have a backup plan and learn from it
19. Surviving nightmare clients
• Find some way to vent your anger
• Never send out impulse email replies
• Accept that some clients are jerks
• Provide honest feedback and a project debriefing
20. Project checklist
• Is the project technically possible?
• Is the project deadline feasible?
• Is the budget within your range?
• Are you excited about the project?
• How well does the client communicate?
• How do you feel about the team?
• Is this a project you would put on your portfolio?
21. Setting your price
• Know your value and respect it
• Be consistent about pricing between clients
• Charge by the hour/day or a fixed rate
22. Charging by the hour/day
• Low risk for the freelancer
• Client typically requires you to estimate
• Make sure you keep a detailed timesheet
23. Charging fixed rates
• Much bigger risk for the freelancer
• Be careful about doing this for experimental work
• Calculate in extra days for contingencies
• Clients know the exact budget
24. Estimation versus guesstimation
• Don’t do fixed pricing without a signed off spec
• Break down the project into chunks
• Compare with previous projects
• Don’t forget to take research into consideration
• Be sure to budget in 20 to 50% extra hours
25. The cheap/fast/good dilemma
Clients always want all three, though:
• Cheap and fast won’t be good
• Fast and good won’t be cheap
• Good and cheap won’t be fast
26. Dealing with feature creep
• Feature creep happens
• Make sure you work in iterations
• Embrace change (but charge for it)
• Have the client budget in features
29. Setting goals
• Where do you want to go with your business?
• Do you want to employ people?
• What are you passionate about?
30. Preventing burnout
• Force yourself to take a step back
• Make sure you have a backup plan
• Work towards a daily routine
• Keep yourself motivated
31. Work/life balance
• 40 hour weeks are difficult but not impossible
• No deadline is more important than your health
• No deadline is more important than your family
• Working from home can make things easier
32. Self evaluation
• Regularly look back at your work and evaluate
• Be critical but recognize your strengths
• Find areas you need to improve on and do it
33. Experimentation
• Try out new technologies and push it to the limit
• Don’t limit yourself to what you know
• Go outside of your comfort zone
34. Contributing to the community
• Open source your work whenever you can
• Be recklessly vocal about the things you care about
• Get involved in local user groups, other initiatives
35. Time management
• Time is a limited resource
• Break up your day into different tasks
• Keep track of your hours on each task
• Try to minimize impact on other projects
36. Ten commandments
1. Know yourself
2. Be passionate about your work
3. Communicate with your clients
4. Experiment and share what you learn
5. Don’t let money primarily drive your decisions
6. Be self-critical but allow yourself to be proud of your work
7. Accept failure and learn from it
8. Set yourself goals and work towards them
9. Don’t be afraid of change, embrace opportunities
10. Have fun!
37. Q&A
• Are you thinking about going freelance?
• What are issues holding you back?
• How is it working out for you?
38. Thanks!
Feel free to get in touch with your
questions, feedback.
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