Happy reader question Friday, everyone. Today, I’ll field a question about the Developer Hegemony book. For any newer readers, I wrote this book over the last couple of years and published it to Amazon in early May. For a briefer synopsis of its purpose and message, you can check out this announcement post. The question…
Happy Friday, everyone. I’ve had no shortage of questions about freelance programming and consulting since I started reader question Fridays. I’ve talked about speaking to buyers and about moonlighting, among other things. And in all of these posts, I bang the drum for building a marketing presence over the course of time. But today’s reader question…
Thanks, everyone, for sending in your reader questions! I’m flattered by how many folks have submitted and definitely have a healthy backlog from which to choose. Today, I’m going to answer one about competing with software consulting companies. I believe this question came from a post I wrote two weeks ago, about speaking to your…
I think I’m now on enough of a roll to stop lavishing praise on myself for sticking to reader question Fridays. So I’ll just get right to business. Today’s question is about moonlighting as a software developer. It’s short but sweet. Any tips for finding moonlighting opportunities? Sure! Let’s do that. Defining Moonlighting First, though,…
When I reflect back on my free agent career, it strikes me that I more or less did everything wrong. I mean, I don’t actually believe that when I look at it analytically. But it does feel that way, knowing what I know now. Starting a software company from scratch invites plenty of missteps. In…
