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How To Use Your Connections to Increase Your Productivity and Overall Success

How To Use Your Connections to Increase Your Productivity and Overall Success

Being a freelance web developer, I rely very heavily on my personal and business connections and relationships, and odds are that you do too. Having a lot of connections and/or references and friends “in the business” can be extremely helpful to anyone, but it’s really what and how you interact with these people that makes [...]

Mistakes I've Made as a Freelance Web Developer and How To Avoid Them

Mistakes I’ve Made as a Freelance Web Developer and How To Avoid Them

Hindsight is always 20/20, and this is especially true when it comes to the world of freelancing. If I had a few cents for every mistake and/or error I made during my time as a freelancer, then quite frankly, I wouldn’t be developing websites. Luckily for me, I have been able to persevere and learn [...]

8 Easy Tips on How To Create a Professional Image as a Freelance Developer

I have been a developer myself, and I know many developers. The nature of these beasts, in general terms, tends to be outside of the ‘corporate norm’, as quite frankly, development requires abnormal skills (I mean that in the nice way!) However, customers and colleagues of developers who fit in with the norm can sometimes [...]

How IT Leaders Can Get The Most Out Of Developers

I am not going to take credit for all of this post… I was inspired by Esther Schindler ’s article on CIO.COM titled ‘Managing and Motivating Developers: Tips for Management Cluefulness .’ The subject is close to my heart as over the last 8 years I’ve been doing exactly that. I’d also say that Esther’s [...]