Running a freelancing business will take a variety of skills. You don’t have to become an expert at them all, but you need to be able to understand the basics enough to keep your business running. Your Core Skill Your “core skill” is the set of skills that are behind the services you provide. A …
Tag: learning
Learning one layer above and below
Many years back I heard from somewhere that you should learn one layer above and below where you do most of your work. This was specifically for programming and implied your programming stack. For example, I do a lot of work in Ruby on Rails which is a server-side framework. What I learned then was: …
Weekly Tech Learning
Most web developers know that the tech industry moves at an accelerated pace, with hundreds (thousands?) of new technologies to try out that all promise to make our jobs [easier|faster|more efficient|stronger|more shiny]. The problem is time. How do you know which technology is worth your time to learn? Which ones will actually deliver and make …
Just One Thing a Day
It’s time I share my secret formula I’ve been using to be successful: Do one thing each day to grow towards who you want to become (it’s a common secret) That’s it. No magic 12 step program, no killer coaching system (though they will give you direction and accelerate the learning). Just one improvement after …
2 Steps to Becoming a Great Developer
I want to share the two steps that I’m using to walk the path to becoming a great developer. Becoming a great developer is a constant work in progress, but it’s a pattern that I’ve seen many other great developers follow. Step one: Write more code This might sound easy but trust me, it’s not …