All Entries in the "Freelancer" Category
How To Calculate Rates in a Competitive Market
You may have noticed that SimonStapleton.com has been focusing a lot lately on landing that top job. It’s no surprise these posts have received a lot of feedback, as in this global economy, landing a well paying job is something that is highly desired. But how do you perceive your worth? Do your perceptions on [...]
As a Freelancer, You’re At A Disadvantage
As a freelancer, you are likely to be in a disadvantaged position as far as personal development and feedback goes. Why? Well permanent employees, as a rule, are nurtured by their employers. You don’t receive the benefit of the development opportunities presented to permies, unless you create them yourself, and out of your own pocket. [...]
Projects Are About People, Not Technology (According To Elizabeth Harrin)
In a recent post on her blog, Elizabeth Harrin shares with us some research from Forrester which (in her words) reminds us that projects are about people, not technology.
Elizabeth Harrin is a blogger (a girl’s guide to project management) who won the ComputerWeekly 2008 IT Blog Awards in the Project Management category. Her post [...]
Ten REAL Reasons Why IT Projects Fail
Why do IT Projects fail? Project Managers reel out a million reasons and excuses. But in my years of working in projects, whatever the size or budget, there are 10 reasons why failed projects end up that way.
1. Too Many Parallel Activities into One Completion Date
Project deadlines are not like train stations. Activities of a project [...]
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
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 [...]
Freelancers Tend to Have Their Head In The Sand (and Nine Free Course places available!)
The majority of freelancers in IT have their head in the sand, as far as their personal performance goes.
IT leaders from across several industries have commented to me that freelancers tend to move from appointments without seeking feedback on their performance. It’s estimated that over 60% of freelancers do not receive regular feedback on their [...]
What Soft Skills Training and Development do Freelancers need?
The big benefits of being freelance is that you generally decide what work you take on, and when you take it on, and there are considerable financial benefits in the short term. IT freelancing is lucrative, compared with permanent positions: income can be three times or more!
The trouble with freelancing though is that reaping the [...]
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