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One of my suggestions: sub-contract with one or more web development "house". I've been consulting for 15 years -- and it is one of my favorite ways to work. Th
by bprater 14y ago
One of my suggestions: sub-contract with one or more web development "house". I've been consulting for 15 years -- and it is one of my favorite ways to work. They do all the work of collecting requirements, billing the client, etc. -- and I get a checklist of items that I sit down and work against, often with a distributed team. Do good work and these places will keep you busy, especially when they are overloaded with work for their in-house teams.
- slaunchwise 14y agoBe very careful with this. Web dev companies are NOT playing with house money. Everything they don't spend on you, they get to keep. They tend to be the most likely to argue billables at the minute level, and they always want concessions (like a lower rate or some free time). In my experience it's a false economy.
- jyu 14y agoHow do you find these web development "houses"? Seems like a really sweet gig, all the fun stuff without the chasing dead beats for money hassle.
- HyprMusic 14y agoTry contacting your local development agencies just making yourself known. They usually need freelancers on hand for when things get too busy, and they are great pay. Agencies tend to stick to local freelancers when they can, plus you get the advantage of possibly being able to go and work in their office occasionally.
- gnaritas 14y agoYou added no additional information; saying agencies instead of houses is not helpful information.
- stevenklein 14y agoI think his answer was more or less in the "contact local agencies part". To add some color, it's likely there are already design/development shops in your city if you live somewhere with any kind of technology presence. If you don't know of any, go to local meetups in the web space and ask around about which ones are local to you. As was previously mentioned, many development shops subcontract out work to local developers. Talking to them at meetups or sending an email letting them know you're interested in working with them is a great way to kick off a conversation that could lead to you working with them.
- gnaritas 14y agoI know what his answers was, it was exactly the same as the statement that prompted that guy to ask the question in the first place. It was useless. As is this thread now.
- mbrameld 14y agoMaybe this will help: 1: Open a web browser (look for a blue E icon, or a red/yellow/green circle, or an orange fox circling a globe) 2: In the address bar, type "www.google.com" without the quotes and press enter. 3: In the search bar of the page that appears, type "CITY web development" again without quotes and substituting the city you live in for CITY.
- gnaritas 14y agoI didn't ask the question, maybe you should learn to read. I merely commented on the uselessness of his answer which did nothing but rephrase the statement the question was about while adding nothing of use.
- tptacek 14y agoYou would never tell someone to "learn to read" in face-to-face conversation, so you shouldn't here. Equally importantly: the comments you're replying to are productive; they are the actual answer to the question posed.
- yarone 14y agoI run a shop in Los Angeles. We focus on product / UI / ux work and also do mobile and web development. Feel free to contact me if you're interested.
- tptacek 14y agoSubcontracting is expensive. All the work of receivables and project management adds up to a premium on your rate. If you're contracting just so you can maintain a decent income while working on an arbitrary schedule, that can be fine; it's also not a bad thing to keep relationships open so you can sub to fill in the gaps.