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What Software Do You Need for Your Freelance Practice?

What pieces of software do you need in order to start out as a freelancer? CRM? Accounting Software? Etc? I take you through the ones that I would recommend in this video.
 
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Test environments: Everything you need to know
Top 10 Cloud Optimization Tricks
What Is SessionBox?
End-to-end mobile testing

Should I Start a Business Bank Account to Freelance?

In this edition of the freelancer Q&A series, I take on the subject of whether or not you should start a business bank account in order to freelance. I think you ought to, and I'll tell you why, and what else I think you should do for finance when getting started.
 
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Deploy your Django app with Docker
HIPAA vs GDPR vs PCI
Proxies for Twitter - A Complete Guide
API testing for everyone and every app

Building a Hibernate Training Business with Info Products and Consulting, with Thorben Janssen

This time around in our community speaker series, we talked to Thorben Janssen about building a Hibernate/JPA training business with info products and consulting. Hear about made the transition over time from employed as a software engineer to building and selling online courses and consulting around his area of expertise.
To find out more about Thorben:
You can check out his site: https://thorben-janssen.com/
Or go to https://persistencehub.com/ to join his community
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What the heck is event-driven architecture?
What Is Proxy Switchy Omega?
How Data Breaches Happen?
Tosca – Cross Browser Testing

What Motivates Companies to Hire Freelancers Instead of Employees?

If you're a freelancer, you may be tempted to apply to job openings looking for employees so that you can convince them to hire you instead. Is that a good idea? And, more generally, why do companies hire freelancers versus employees?
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What is a staging environment?
Data: What Is DevSecOps?
Learn Load Testing
Proxyrack Residential Proxies

Should a Freelancer Maintain a Portfolio?

A lot of people will tell you that, as a freelancer, you should create and maintain a portfolio that you can show to prospects. But is that really good advice?
 
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Local development with PostgreSQL containers
Enterprise Release Management – The Bridge between Corporate Strategy & DevOps
Test Automation from Tricentis
Google Analytics 4 Has Me So Frustrated, We Built Our Own Analytics Service
Puppeteer and waitForSelector: A Guide
Playwright and GitHub Actions: Getting Started

What Should You Title Yourself on LinkedIn or in Business Cards?

As a freelancer, it might not be clear what kind of title to give yourself in "official" venues, like LinkedIn or on business cards. What should you put there to best represent yourself?
 
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A developer’s guide to GitOps
IT Environments: What Are They and Which Do You Need?
Bring quality 360 to Salesforce Customer 360 with Salesforce test automation
High Performance Images: 2023 Guide
ParseHub: What It Is and How It Works
Web Scraping in JavaScript: A Guide

Building a Python Training Business, with Reuven Lerner

This time around in our community speaker series, we talked to Reuven Lerner about starting a Python training business. Hear about how he got into tech, into training, into business for himself, and, eventually into a specific, stable, and profitable niche.
To find out more about Reuven:
Check out his site: https://lerner.co.il/
You might like his mailing list about training: https://lerner.co.il/e-mail-courses/t...
And, finally, he's on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reuvenmlerner
Join us to learn more.
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Understanding Playwright Selectors: A Guide

Should Freelancers Give Talks as a Way to Generate Business?

Someone in our community asked whether it was worth it for freelancers to gain recognition by giving conference workshops or online workshops. I generalized this to the subject of "should you give talks as a freelancer to generate new business?" Here's my take. Join us to learn more.
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Sproutward Cast Study
What is Privacy by Design
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Is Freelancing a Lateral Career Move?

There are a lot of factors to consider when leaving a salaried job to go off on your own. One of the perhaps lesser considered ones is what, exactly, does this mean for your career. Is starting to freelance a lateral career move, or is it a career advancing move? Join us to learn more.These videos are courtesy of Hit Subscribe, a content agency whose authors are all techies: https://www.hitsubscribe.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Release Management Explained in Depth
Our Super Friendly AI Sloth that Analyzes Your Observability Data
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What is the data pipeline and why is it important?
10 cybersecurity predictions for 2024
Big Tables from Glide
AdsPower browser: What Is It and What Do You Need It For?

Bootstrapping and Evolving a Web Development Agency, with Marg Reffell

n this installment of our community speaker series, we talked to Marg Reffell about her experience starting a web development agency and then evolving it over the course of time. Included in this is how she arrived at a decision to scale in the first place, and how she eventually decided to scale back a bit to make sure it continued to be the business that she wanted to run. To find out more about Marg:Follow her on Twitter (preferred): https://twitter.com/margreffell * Check out her website: https://margreffell.com/ Join us to learn more. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
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Top 5 Container Metrics
How to buy a wildcard SSL certificate like grumpy old men
What is BDD (Behavior-Driven Development)?
The importance of software portability