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Shameless, shameless plug alert: if you found Alan's post interesting, you may also like the book I've almost finished writing. Check out http://freelancedevelo

Shameless, shameless plug alert: if you found Alan's post interesting, you may also like the book I've almost finished writing. Check out http://freelancedeveloperbook.com http://freelancedeveloperbook.com The plan is to ship it before the end of June - am publishing via leanpub.com (great experience so far) and it'll be a paid-for book to cover the (many, many, _many_) hours I've put into it. When it's ready, I'll make a sample available so you can try before you buy, and will be pulling out a dozen names from the early-sign-up hat for a free copy. So, if you're interested, please do sign up.

Alan01252 14y ago
I have signed up ;)
- stevejalim 14y ago
  Ha, thanks Alan. Email me directly on devbook[at]somefantastic[dot]co[dot]uk so I can spot you in the sign-up list and I'll make sure you get a coupon for a free copy! :o)
kranner 14y ago
Looks interesting! Signed up and emailed you.
RBerenguel 14y ago
Signed up (even if the iPad layout is quite horrible :/) As a jack of all trades freelancer (data analysis, web development, advertising, SEO, reporting...) I'm very interested :)
- stevejalim 14y ago
  That's interesting - I just used launchrock's templates. Could you ping me a screengrab so I can see how it looks?
  - RBerenguel 14y ago
    Just dropped you an email with the screenshots to the email address you wrote in another sub-thread here.
AjJi 14y ago
signed up too, looking forward to reading the book :)
philjones88 14y ago
Signed up too. I kind of started freelance work but like Alan's post, the c# freelance world was either "contract" or "permi". Found some good guys to do work with now on a kind of "per project" approach which is good. Interested to read the book as I found my weaknesses to be: 1. Charging for my work. I still find I undercharge as I enjoy the work and feel awkward asking for large amounts per billable hour. I'm now kind of trapped on low billable hours with my initial clients... 2. Finances. I've learnt enough and in the UK you can survive for the first 6 months without an accountant. I'm probably going to get one soon to handle the more complex tax/pay stuff. 3. Work out a proper hourly rate. Don't use the same broken formula I did thinking I can work 7 billable hours per day. I end up with about 4.5. I didn't account for the gaps between work. I now understand why freelancers have high rates.
- stevejalim 14y ago
  Thanks Phil. That's exactly the kind of stuff I'm including in the book, although - as this thread proves - there is no cut-and-dried answer to rates/billing, so my approach is to set out a sensible baseline for stuff, to help people get up and running. As time goes on and feedback comes in, version 1.x of the book will probably take that further and provide more detail where people are asking for it. Because I'm publishing via leanpub.com, updates will be pushed to owners of 1.0 for free.

Alan01252 14y ago

I have signed up ;)

stevejalim 14y ago
Ha, thanks Alan. Email me directly on devbook[at]somefantastic[dot]co[dot]uk so I can spot you in the sign-up list and I'll make sure you get a coupon for a free copy! :o)

kranner 14y ago

Looks interesting! Signed up and emailed you.

RBerenguel 14y ago

Signed up (even if the iPad layout is quite horrible :/) As a jack of all trades freelancer (data analysis, web development, advertising, SEO, reporting...) I'm very interested :)

stevejalim 14y ago
That's interesting - I just used launchrock's templates. Could you ping me a screengrab so I can see how it looks?
- RBerenguel 14y ago
  Just dropped you an email with the screenshots to the email address you wrote in another sub-thread here.

AjJi 14y ago

signed up too, looking forward to reading the book :)

philjones88 14y ago

Signed up too. I kind of started freelance work but like Alan's post, the c# freelance world was either "contract" or "permi". Found some good guys to do work with now on a kind of "per project" approach which is good. Interested to read the book as I found my weaknesses to be: 1. Charging for my work. I still find I undercharge as I enjoy the work and feel awkward asking for large amounts per billable hour. I'm now kind of trapped on low billable hours with my initial clients... 2. Finances. I've learnt enough and in the UK you can survive for the first 6 months without an accountant. I'm probably going to get one soon to handle the more complex tax/pay stuff. 3. Work out a proper hourly rate. Don't use the same broken formula I did thinking I can work 7 billable hours per day. I end up with about 4.5. I didn't account for the gaps between work. I now understand why freelancers have high rates.

stevejalim 14y ago
Thanks Phil. That's exactly the kind of stuff I'm including in the book, although - as this thread proves - there is no cut-and-dried answer to rates/billing, so my approach is to set out a sensible baseline for stuff, to help people get up and running. As time goes on and feedback comes in, version 1.x of the book will probably take that further and provide more detail where people are asking for it. Because I'm publishing via leanpub.com, updates will be pushed to owners of 1.0 for free.