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WTF? You expect your consulting to work from the first fucking month? Didn't you read any articles about it? You are supposed to have some money reserves to ke
by Vitaly 15y ago
WTF? You expect your consulting to work from the first fucking month? Didn't you read any articles about it?
You are supposed to have some money reserves to keep you afloat for at least 6 moths. And you shouldn't expect your consulting to thrive until at least a year later.
It takes time to build client base and it takes time to build your personal brand. If you expected it all to magically just work you are just plain stupid^H^H^H^H^HH^H^naive.
In my case it was somewhat faster as we switched from a full-time job to working for the same company as contractors, but after a year, that first client was a tiny blip on our radar.
Work on promotion, hit all the meetups and conferences, meet people, release some cool open source, write a blog. THEN you will start getting clients.
- keeptrying 15y agoThe OP is already hard on himself as it is. You don't need to add to the negativity.
- chc 15y agoYour advice is excellent and thank you for saying it, but the way you phrased it — "WTF? … you are just plain stupid" — is really harsh. Reality is already harsh enough on its own. Please take some time to consider the person on the other end of the Internet.