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Ask HN: How much time do you spend hustling?
If you are a consultant, freelancer or in any other sense not a full time employee at a megacorp, how much time do you find yourself hustling for new work (i.e., networking with people, trying out new technologies, improving your online profile etc)?
- sj4nz 9y agoABC. Always be closing. Closing on skills, demos, phone calls, e-mails. Just finished a Node.js "assessment" for a job opportunity and uploaded it to my Github. I may never touch it again, but there it is.
- JSeymourATL 9y agoJeb Blount recommends an hour daily for prospecting > https://youtu.be/hfGqPHWv9b4 https://youtu.be/hfGqPHWv9b4
- SirLJ 9y ago0... the best side business is the one without clients...
- jklein11 9y agoWhat is a business without clients?
- SirLJ 9y agoMine is stock trading robots, basically I am going against everyone else... no clients, no investors, location independent and completely automated... Just the best thing I can come up with, but I am open to other similar ideas, since I have a lot of free time on my hands...
- devdad 9y agoPretty much all of my time. We're a small shop. I network like crazy, both paid and free networks. If you have to choose, always go with paid. I also setup lunches with potential partners, clients and people who know people. About 3-5 lunches a week. It has a compounding effect and people will start referring others your way after a while. My company's website is solid and it's purpose is to confirm that what I tell people is real. My online profile is also thought through. Trying out new technologies isn't relevant, that's improving your skills as a SE. The others in my shop get to do this on a more regular basis since they hardly have to do any sales / networking.