rohitv
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This 100%.
Just to give another viewpoint on this, having just started going full time on my solo agency, I actually love doing the sales and marketing stuff and scoping the work for clients. Yes, it does take a lot of time away from pure technical work but I do enjoy the balance of it. So, it does depend on your own interests and how you like to spend your time. Freelancing/Consulting is definitely not for everyone. And tbh, lets see maybe in a year or two I will be fed up of the sales/marketing stuff too.
One thing I will say though is that, it also comes with a lot of flexibility and freedom and you set our own hours and location which in itself is very valuable. Of course has its own pros and cons and you have to be quite disciplined to begin with.
The best is proof of work. If you don't have any, build something and show that off. Even listing out the companies you have worked for will be good. Cold email could work if its not completely "cold", i.e, find companies/people who are in the space/industry where you have worked so that they can see you have solved a similar problem before. 10+ years of software engineering is quite valuable, you just have to present yourself in a way where the value can be seen.
Also, never, ever work for free. One, your time is worth more than you think. Second, it makes you sound a bit less serious and less valuable and you will attract clients that are not fun to work with. Not worth your time at all. The only people who MAYBE should be working for free are students who are in high school.
I have been freelancing on and off on the side for the past 8 years and this year pulled the plug and going full time on it and tbh I am now oversubscribed. So, there's definitely a need for it.
My first few clients (8 years ago) were through posting on reddit (/r/forhire) and then also on the monthly HN freelancer thread (was shocked they stopped doing that, I have gotten 2 solid clients from those!).
I wonder how much CO₂ is removed from the hours saved because of AI.
I have some Clarity and sBTC experience,what's a good way to get in touch?
Posted by
rohitv on Sunday April 26, 2020 @06:52PM
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Posted by
rohitv on Friday May 24, 2019 @10:24AM
from the coderecipe.ai dept.
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Any advice on how to transition from a day programming job to contracting? Any useful resources? Where to find contracting jobs/ through agency or directly approaching clients?
Posted by
rohitv on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @03:55PM
from the theverge.com dept.
The video surveillance is fake and is supposed to be a "prank". And it was recorded by the people who saw the bot last.
Posted by
rohitv on Saturday June 27, 2015 @03:25PM
from the fortune.com dept.
Closure/ Promises.
I am surprised by how many js developers that I personally know are unaware of them.
i got the same message when location wasn't filled
Posted by
rohitv on Friday August 22, 2014 @03:37PM
from the show-hn dept.
Posted by
rohitv on Thursday August 21, 2014 @04:03PM
from the show-hn dept.
Could you elaborate on the reporting framework? Couldn't find any details on it...
$(window).unload(function(){
localStorage.setItem("cqstate_v7", JSON.stringify({'achievements': {}, 'counters': {'clicks':998}}));
});
Enjoy! :)
Posted by
rohitv on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @02:08PM
from the medium.com dept.
Great job!
Would be nice if searching by last name was implemented...
Your name sounded very familiar, finally realized from where after reading the recent opendata email! Great job on this and the OpenDataUW API stuff. I am also admiring the PHP Scraper Class as I was planning on writing something similar.
I was confused too but, I think they analyzed 10,000 projects and the components they use. So, in conclusion a lot of JS projects use grunt.
It's behaving really weird for me. Initially the milliseconds go from 0 to 99 repeatedly. After click on play, the seconds start increasing and when paused it is paused but the milliseconds still go from 0-99 repeatedly. Similar behaviour with stop, it resets the seconds but milliseconds still go from 0-99 repeatedly.I'm on Chrome 31.
Aside from that, great work :)
Can't you just zoom in to make the video size larger? That's what I usually do :/
I usually just zoom in to the page to make the video larger :/ Is that any different from selecting the large option ?