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Tag: remote work
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One of my biggest gripes of being a web developer is that most people think it’s super easy to do. So easy in fact that after going through a “bootcamp” or feeling that you have taught yourself enough to become confident in web development. They’ll have a prosperous career. When that really isn’t the truth…
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One thing I’ve done from the relative beginning of being an independent contractor is requiring a deposit upfront of any project. I started doing this because I was seeing that, while most projects do their best to stick to a timeline, projects almost always went past the stated deadline/s that were put in place. Sometimes…
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During my career. I’ve had the pleasure of working for and with some great companies and clients. While on the flipside. I’ve worked with some companies and clients that weren’t so great and, over the years, there are a few patterns that I’ve come to notice that can be red flags of if someone, or…
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With being a self-employed web developer. I’ve had to figure out what technology works best, software, hardware, etc. So I figured I’d share with you what my current office set up looks like. Hardware Apple Mac Studio – This is my day-to-day rig and upgrading to the M1 Max chipset from intel. The difference is…
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When it comes to development. It may seem like it’s best to use the latest and greatest frameworks on your projects. Or develop things to where you’re the one person your client or manager needs to call on to fix any issues. I’ve come to one conclusion. Don’t. Latest and greatest frameworks/apps/software Before you say…
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With being self-employed for almost for almost three full years and a remote worker for the past five. There’s one thing I have come to stand firm on over the years. And that one thing has been to set work hours and stick to doing work within those times. That’s because working from home, especially…
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With 2020 being a red letter year for remote working and working from home for the past five years myself. I’d figure I would share my home office setup. Below is a list of most of what I use in my day-to-day along with links for the specific things I have as well. 21.5″ Apple…
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With full-time freelancing and working remote becoming more and more commonplace there are a number of things one should consider before working out of your home. You may be able to account for some of those things by talking with others before going out on your own, but ultimately everyone’s different and what is a…
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When you’re going out on your own, doesn’t matter what the business, there are two things you need. A custom email, i.e. no yahoo, gmail or outlook, account and if you’re a fresh out of school, don’t use you’re school issued email. And a phone number that has the area code you’re doing business out…