1. Freelancers in IT development,
Think about benefits/Disadvantage
Bui Thanh Hai
(facebook.com/hai.bth)
Software Freedom Day - FOSS@HUS
Hanoi, 15th September, 2012

2. 1. About
Bùi Thanh Hải (Freelancer)
IT System Developer, Project Manager
linkedin.com/in/buithanhhai1981
- 6 years experience in Coding, Team Leader for a company
- 4 years work as Freelancer in groups: Asssembla, ODesk and others.
- Web application development: Java/Struts/J2EE and Ruby On Rails

3. 2. Overview
- Freelancers in IT field, who are you?
- What are Benefits?
- What are Disadvantage?
- Success experiences
- What should you do?

4. 3. Freelancers in IT field - Who are you?
1 - Independently Coders/Designer
2 - Developers work in group
3 - Managers/Experts

5. 3. Freelancers in IT field - General features
- Independently/Work for yourself
- Unstable work
- Brand-name motivation
- Large networks: partnership, internet
(freelancer.com, odesk.com…)

6. 4. What are benefits?
- Flexible plans
- More opportunities
- Strong self-organization
- Rich experiences
- Huge international market
- Good for stand-up a company (maybe)

7. 5. What are Disadvantages
- Unstable income
- Easy to overload
- Low face-to-face communication for oversea developers
- Lack experience in big organizations
- Have you lost your way?

8. 7. Success experiences – A freelancer
(Screenshot from wowkhmer.com)

9. 7. Success experiences – Freelancer Group
(Screenshot from vietcodepro.com)

10. 8. What should you do?
- Plan focus on your career (not only work)
- Understand work process (ex: Scrum)
- Good in a special field or know everything?
- Good communications (Good in English)
- Have backup plans
- Work in group, join some communities
BIG QUESTION:
- trong trường hợp tăng trưởng -> kế hoạch cho tương lai?

11. Thanks and Questions!