This week I’m launching a new ebook called 30 Days to Become a Freelancer. As part of its launch, I wrote about my path to becoming a freelance developer and the missteps I made along the way. After a year of spinning my wheels and working in an area I didn’t plan to do, I …
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The Beginning of a Freelancer’s Journey (Part 1/2)
This week I’m launching a new ebook called 30 Days to Become a Freelancer. As part of its launch, I wrote about my path to becoming a freelance developer and the missteps I made along the way. My start in freelancing was an interesting one. My wife and I moved from California to Oregon in …
Why freelance businesses fail
It feels like freelance businesses fail as often as “regular” businesses. Though, and this might just be my feeling, when they fail it feels more personal. Maybe it’s because I’ve gotten to know the founder, or because a freelance business is an extension of the founder, or maybe it’s just something else. Over the years …
Freelancing and Competition
This summer I’ll be approaching seven years of freelancing. On one hand it feels like forever, like I’ve always done this. On the other hand, it feels like I just started. I still remember those early months when I didn’t know what the hell I was doing. When I was chasing anyone with a pulse …
Your Freelancing Goals
I started freelancing with a few years of Ruby experience and about a dozen applications launched into production. So why did I spend a year working on PHP? One important aspect to freelancing, any business actually, is the founder’s goals. Why are you starting this business? What do you want out of it? How do …