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Can you give me some tips on self employment? In general where do I start from? Currently I'm taking a break from work and would really love to be self employed
by amalantony06 11y ago
Can you give me some tips on self employment? In general where do I start from? Currently I'm taking a break from work and would really love to be self employed as opposed to going back to a job. I'm a software developer and most of my experience is in developing full stack web apps and in scaling web backends.
- charlesdm 11y agoWhat do you want to know? In general, there are two ways software developers can make money: 1) services, i.e. contracting, work for hire, or consulting; or 2) products, i.e. build something someone wants to pay money for.
- amalantony06 11y agoThanks for the reply, and I apologise I did not see this earlier. So, these are my questions: 1) In a consulting business, what is the technique to discover clients and get a steady stream of work? 2) For a product business, how does a software developer without any business experience identify a good niche to develop a product in (I'm assuming the product would be a SaaS product) and what are some general techniques to market and sell this product? I hope my questions were not too vague. If possible, could you share your approach to self employment as well?