Editorial note: I originally wrote this post for the NDepend blog. You can check out the original here, at their site. While you’re there, take a look at the most recent version of NDepend with an assortment of features around visualizing tech debt. When pressed, I bet you can think of an interesting dichotomy in…
Ah, the mission to find clients. Critical for any business, obviously, but especially daunting for the newbie solo consultant or freelancer. Today’s reader question solicits advice on how to tackle this. I like your ideas for future topics. I’d love to see more on how to find and win clients. Not just general marketing, but…
Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the Monitis blog. You can check out the original here, at their site. While you’re there, take a look around at some of their other authors and content. The folks at Gartner have something awesome called the “hype cycle”. The cycle contains a “peak of inflated expectations”…
Recently, I made an idle threat on Twitter (shown below). I was thinking of creating some content along the lines of how to go from being a software developer to a software consultant. People ask me about this all the time, and it makes for an interesting subject. I was also flattered and encouraged by…
Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the SubMain blog. You can check out the original here, at their site. While you’re there, have a look at GhostDoc for your code documentation and help file generation needs. If you haven’t lived in a techie cave the last 10 years, you’ve probably noticed JavaScript’s rise to…
