freelancelot

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Ask HN: Has anyone gone back to boring technology (ex: Java/Spring)?
11 points by freelancelot 4y ago|34 comments
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by freelancelot 4y ago
Makes sense, thanks for sharing your insights.
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by freelancelot 4y ago
That's nice! This way you build your skillset and have a way to demonstrate it!
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by freelancelot 4y ago
Thanks for your reply. >The trick for me is to find something where the MVP is not too time intensive to build, but provides hundreds of dollars a month in value to other businesses. I think that is indeed the target for most of product
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by freelancelot 4y ago
This is my primary motivation, flexible hours. Your retainer + weekly deliverables arrangement sounds nice. Do you propose this to your client? Do you expect payments weekly? What medium do you get paid in? Why do you suppose your SaaS prod
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by freelancelot 4y ago
That is very cool. This makes me really happy to read, because it shows that you need to find the point in life where you find happpiness, and balance with money, autonomy and peace of mind. Thanks for sharing. Do you write these books your
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by freelancelot 4y ago
Thanks for sharing and good to hear that you're making it work! The beauty of your success is that you are in advertising, and so you advertised yourself successfully enough to get word of mouth of referrals, and so you must be good! H
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by freelancelot 4y ago
I like that definition of self-employed. How does one handle collecting payments if the contract work is remote? How do you even begin to market yourself for a contract/consulting project? Unlike a product, you can't place ads, or
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by freelancelot 4y ago
Thank you confirming my suspicions. The whole startup culture seems very product focused, but it's really hard to find more information about the self-employed contractor style of work. As a newbie to this world, the biggest questions
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Ask HN: Self-Employed folks, are you earning a living wage from your work?
10 points by freelancelot 4y ago|18 comments