Re:How to Become a Software Contractor
by sireat on Thursday December 23, 2010 @04:53AM
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The article is great, but one attempting to duplicate such achievement has to be aware of survivorship bias.
What I mean, author picked writing nginx extensions as his area of expertise. At the time of his first contract nginx was just gaining ground. If nginx didn't become popular, all that positive notoriety in nginx world would have been for naught.
Working on different projects with different toolchains, I have come across many people who are experts in their niche. They do not get contracted as experts often.
What I mean, author picked writing nginx extensions as his area of expertise. At the time of his first contract nginx was just gaining ground. If nginx didn't become popular, all that positive notoriety in nginx world would have been for naught.
Working on different projects with different toolchains, I have come across many people who are experts in their niche. They do not get contracted as experts often.