mrooney7828

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The Startup Double Standard(mikerooney.rowk.com)
2 points by mrooney7828 14y ago|0 comments
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by mrooney7828 14y ago
I feel like I addressed that pretty clearly, as that number takes into account healthcare and paid vacation and sick time. You do pay a self-employment tax, but I think that's made up for by the numerous deductions including home office tha
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by mrooney7828 14y ago
I got a lot of questions about this so I added a paragraph which hopefully helps to address it: "Healthcare is a big and challenging topic, so if you find this to a problematic point for you, there’s a whole chapter devoted to it in the all
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by mrooney7828 14y ago
Indeed, I used the term freelancing as in my mind it is the parent term of both contracting and consulting. I think "6 months of working for myself" or "6 months of self-employment" would also be equivalent.
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by mrooney7828 14y ago
See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4215576 , but just look at what niche skills you have and find markets where those are needed. Generally if they are in demand, putting yourself on LinkedIn / Github with those specialties is all you
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by mrooney7828 14y ago
Pretty much anyone will have specific experience that they can market themselves for. Just think about what you've done in your past few jobs, and you probably know more than 99% of developers in those specific areas you worked in. If you c
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by mrooney7828 14y ago
I tried to address this in http://mrooney.github.com/blog/2012/07/01/freelancing-a-6-mo... , but let me know you find it lacking!