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What’s the Difference Between a Freelancer and a Consultant?

People toss around the terms "freelancer" and "consultant" a lot -- often interchangeably. But what does each really mean, and what's the difference?
 
Link picks: 
Learn to create a Kubernetes cluster in AWS
What does bimodal mean in the context of release managment?
Need to create multiple Facebook accounts? Proxyrack has a guide for that.
A tutorial to help you get started with Salesforce QA and Testing
Check out our friend Tricentis for all your test automation needs

Is It a Problem for a Freelancer to Have Just One Large Client?

Is it a problem for you, as a freelancer, to have just one or two large clients? The short, easy answer is "yes," but I've got a much more detailed explanation in this episode.
 
Links of the week:
Get started with Kafka and Docker in 20 minutes
Data Compliance: A Detailed Guide for IT Leaders
Web Scraping in JavaScript: A Guide

What is a Retainer in Consulting and How Does It Work?

You may have heard the term "retainer" as a modifier to describe a kind of consultant. What is a retainer, exactly, and how does it work? Join us to learn more.
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* I couldn't actually find where Jonathan Stark talked about the stages of problem solving. Happy to update with a link if someone knows where that is. In the meantime, here's a link to his site: https://jonathanstark.com/
 
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Learn about data pipelines
Exploratory Testing 101
An excellent post about test data management
Web scraping in JS

How Does a Freelancer Get Started with Content Marketing?

You'll hear a lot of conventional wisdom that anyone with a business should do content marketing. Is that right, and, if so, what do you need and how should you get started doing it?
 
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Learn what a production environment is
Check out this blog post on how to define enterprise IT environments
Proxyrack offers global rotating datacenter proxies
This is a great guide for learning the world of performance testing

Should Freelancers Run Ads to Get Business?

As a freelancer, should you enlist paid advertising to help you get work? The answer, in most cases, is no, but tune in to hear why and what the exceptions might be.
Join us to learn more.
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Picks:
A guide to getting started with the Terraform Kubernetes provider
Sand Castles and DevOps at Scale
Improve your online gaming experience with Proxyrack proxies
Considering stress testing? Check out Neoload

How Do You Quit a Gig or Fire a Client?

Sometimes it just isn't working out, and it's not you -- it's them. When you decide you have to part ways with a client, how do you go about doing that?
 
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Need a proxy? Check out this list of free HTTPs & Socks proxies
If you use Snowflake, this might check out this data integrity product from Tricentis
A guide to serverless computing for dummies
A useful guide to react environment variables

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.
 
Link Picks;
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.
 
Link picks:
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
Link Picks:
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?
Weekly Links:
What is a staging environment?
Data: What Is DevSecOps?
Learn Load Testing
Proxyrack Residential Proxies