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54:26Join Mandii B and Weezy WTF as they navigate the evolution of their podcasting journey in this candid and hilarious episode of “Decisions, Decisions.” Reflecting on nearly a decade of bold conversations, the duo opens up about the challenges and triumphs of rebranding their iconic show, previously known as “WHOREible Decisions.” Dive into their reasoning behind the name change, their growth as individuals, and the dynamics of creating space for nontraditional relationships and personal self-love. This episode features thought-provoking discussions on societal norms, reclaiming identity, and the complexities of managing a brand that champions inclusivity while addressing the limitations of media algorithms. From celibacy and creative reinvention to navigating life changes and unconventional lifestyles, Mandy and Weezy offer raw, unfiltered takes that will keep you engaged and inspired. Follow the hosts on social media Weezy @Weezywtf & Mandii B @Fullcourtpumps and follow the Decisions Decisions pages Instagram @_decisionsdecisions Don't forget to tag #decisionsdecisions or @ us to let us know what you think of this week's episode! Want more? Bonus episodes, merch and more Whoreible Decisions!! Become a Patron at Patreon.com/whoreibledecisions See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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×1 How Can You Move to Niching and Value Pricing? 24:10
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24:10The default with freelancing is to charge by the hour and do generalist work. You might have, however, heard of value pricing and heard the idea that you should establish a niche. How should you go about doing that? View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Links of the week: Test Suites and Their Test Cases: The Hierarchy Explained Challenges in mobile testing and how to solve them What is A/B Deployment (aka A/B Testing) What is Data Lineage? An Explanation and Example…
1 Does Having More Leads Mean You Can Raise Your Rates? 23:17
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23:17As you grow your business successfully, you'll have more demand for your work and, thus, more leads. Does that naturally mean you can raise your rates? The answer is more complex than you might think. View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Links of the week: UI test automation: What it is and how to get started Testim, a fast and flexible authoring of AI-powered end-to-end tests—built for scale Enterprise Intelligence – Migrating & Managing the Cloud Database Virtualization Tools…
1 Is It Worth It to Bring in Subcontractors? 22:58
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22:58If you establish a practice and start to earn a good bit of business, sooner or later you'll have to contend with the decision of whether or not to bring on subcontractors to help you. Should you do it? View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Link of the week: Get Started With Salesforce QA and Testing: A Tutorial…
1 Will ChatGPT Replace Freelance Programming? 18:20
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18:20I resisted talking about ChatGPT as long as humanly possible, but I did wind up getting a question in the backlog about it. So, will ChatGPT replace freelance programming? View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Links of the week: How to Do Test Data Management in Agile: 8 Best Practices Android testing: An easy introduction with examples…
1 Freelancer or Self Employed: What Should You Call Yourself? 18:24
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18:24If you go into business for yourself, what should you call yourself? Freelancer? Self-employed? Something else? View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Link of the week: Enov8: The IT & Test Environments Management Company
1 What Bookkeeping Software Should I Use to Freelance? 23:37
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23:37If you're thinking of hanging out your shingle or have just done so, you might wonder whether to use bookkeeping software and, if so, what to use. I have a surprisingly specific and opinionated answer for this one. View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Link of the month: TEM Metrics - Test Environment Management (DOT) Com…
1 How Freelancers Can Avoid Self Employment Tax 22:39
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22:39When you go off on your own, at least in the US, you might be in for a rude tax awakening. In this video, I talk about what self-employment tax is, and what you can do about it. View this podcast as a video on YouTube . Links of the Month: An in-depth look at spike testing with examples Follow our podcast at Iheart! Automate web and mobile testing with AI Metrics vs. Logs: When to Use Each in Your Telemetry Stack DORA Metrics Dashboard: How to Build One, With Examples…
1 Which Meetings with Clients Should I Bill For? 17:17
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17:17You're a freelancer and doing regular work with your clients. If you bill by the hour or, more generally, for time and materials, which meetings should you bill the clients for? View this podcast as a video on YouTube . Links of the Month: What are the different types of release management? Follow our podcast at Buzzsprout Follow our podcast at Listennotes…
1 When Do You Look Too Much Like an Employee? 22:20
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22:20Freelancers, especially newbie freelancers, can find themselves caught in situations where their only, large, 40-hour-per week client starts to treat them more like an employee than a freelancer. What should you do? View this podcast as a video on YouTube . Links of the month: End-to-end testing for enterprise business processes Check out our new State of the Business newsletter…
1 Is California a Bad Place to Start a Business or Practice? 23:42
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23:42I've been asked this more than once, but eventually got around to doing a video about it. Rumor has it that California is "business-unfriendly," and, if you live there, you should start a business in another state. What's my take on that? View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Links of the week: Salesforce Test Automation: What Every Engineer Should Know Key Components of a CI/CD Pipeline…
1 Should I Run Away If Someone Offers Equity? 24:38
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24:38It's a situation that a lot of techies can relate to. Someone comes along and offers you a stake in their business, instead of money, if you build their vision for them. What should a freelancer do in this situation? View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Links of the week: Oracle testing 8 CI/CD Best Practices for Your DevOps Journey…
1 Is It Okay to "Fake It 'til You Make It?" 21:36
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21:36We've all heard the phrase "hake it 'til you make it." A reader asked me if this is a good mantra to live by. View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Links of the week: Data: What Is DevSecOps? Key Components of a CI/CD Pipeline
1 What is the Best Way for Freelancers to Get Paid? 21:17
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21:17Wire Transfer? Check? Cash? If you're just starting out as a freelancer, what's the best way to get paid? View this podcast as a video on YouTube.
1 Should I Approach Freelancing Differently During a Recession 25:38
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25:38At the time of recording, there's a good bit of uncertainty about the economy. Against that backdrop, as a freelancer, should you approach your work differently? View this podcast as a video on YouTube.
1 What is My (Erik's) Worst Client Experience? 26:57
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26:57One of the questions that came up in my reader/viewer backlog was specific to me and my background. What is/was my worst experience with a client? View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Link of the week: Using Pytest Fixtures: A Step-by-Step Guide With Examples
1 Is Coaching a Good Line of Work for Independents? 23:53
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23:53There are all kinds of people billing themselves as (non-athletic) "coaches" out there. As someone looking to go freelance, is becoming a coach a good line of work to get into, specifically in the B2B/professional world? View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Link of the week: Learn Regression testing…
1 Should Freelancers Have References, Like Employees? 15:44
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15:44It's common (at least in the US) for employees to furnish "references," which are essentially friends or colleagues who vouch for them as character witnesses. As a freelancer, should you also do this? View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Link of the week: Test Environments: Why You Need Them and How to Set It Up…
1 What Are Taxes Like for Freelancers, Compared to Employees? 19:26
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19:26When you're an employee, you probably only really think about taxes once per year. But what about as a freelancer? Well... it's a little more complicated than that. View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Link of the week: Get Started With Salesforce QA and Testing: A Tutorial
1 How Many Hours Per Day or Week Should Freelancers Work? 23:20
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23:20In this video I field a question about how much per day or per week a freelancer should work. That's not really an easy question to answer because, in a sense, it's not the right question. View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Link of the week: Testim Salesforce Testing
If you're a salaried employee, freelancing or starting a business can seem like a major risk. But just how risky is it, actually? View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Link of the week: Test Automation from Tricentis
Once you start taking sales and discovery calls, sooner or later you might have the impulse to start charging people for your time during this process. Should you do that? View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Link of the week: Serverless Computing for Dummies
1 Is Data Science as Viable for Freelancing as Programming? 19:00
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19:00A lot of the questions I field about freelancing and business come from people that are programmers. But what about data science? Can that be as viable a trade for freelancing as programming is? View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Link of the week: The basics of secret management
Many freelancers, especially new ones, will want to earn long-term clients. How do you go about doing that, and is it actually valuable to do? View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Link of the week: Cypress vs. Selenium: What’s the Better Testing Framework?
1 Is It Normal to Feel Guilty about Raising Rates? 20:49
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20:49One of the most important (and stress-inducing) times in the career of a freelancer/business-owner is when you increase your rates or prices. Is it normal to feel guilty when doing so? View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Link of the week: Tricentis SAP Testing
If you're going off on your own as a freelancer, do you need to have a bookkeeper? If so, when should you hire one? View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Link of the week: Data: What Is DevSecOps?
1 What to Say to "Freelancing Isn't a Real Job?" 15:47
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15:47This is an interesting one. How would should you respond to someone telling you "freelancing isn't a real job?" View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Link of the week: What is a staging environment?
1 Client Supplied Contract Instead of Signing Mine 19:42
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19:42This one is kind of a specific question. What happens when you're a freelancer and ask a client to sign a contract, but they supply their own instead for you to sign? View this podcast as a video on YouTube Links of the week: Get Started With Salesforce QA and Testing: A Tutorial 8 CI/CD Best Practices for Your DevOps Journey What Is A Social Media Ghostwriter? An Executive’s Guide…
1 What's it Like Adjusting to Not Having a Boss? 19:15
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19:15Once you go off on your own and freelance, likely for the first time in your career, you won't have a boss. What's that like? View this podcast as a video on YouTube Links of the week: Proxyrack.com Key Components of a CI/CD Pipeline
One thing that freelancers commonly deal with, and that a lot of people ask me about is how to become a "true consultant" or an advisor, rather than just a laborer where the client gives you a checklist of things to go. View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Links of the week: Test Environments: Why You Need Them and How to Set It Up Key Components of a CI/CD Pipeline…
Part of any freelancer's practice is going to be doing sales conversations, and any good sales conversation for custom work will involve a discovery process. What should that look like? What questions should you ask the prospect? View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Links of the Week: Learn Regression testing Get started with Kafka and Docker in 20 minutes 8 CI/CD Best Practices for Your DevOps Journey…
1 What To Do When Clients Want Bug Fixes after Contract Ends? 17:47
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17:47You've done some development work for a client, and as far as you're concerned, the work is over. But they come back later, demanding that you do additional work to fix a bug. How do you handle that? Join us to learn more. If you like this podcast and are interested in more business and freelance advice, you're welcome to join our free community. You can sign up and check it out here . This podcast is courtesy of Hit Subscribe, a content agency whose authors are all techies: https://www.hitsubscribe.com/ Link of the week: Testim Salesforce Testing…
You've just hung out your shingle and are about to start freelancing. Congratulations! Now how do you get that first client? Join us to learn more. Link of the week: Proxyrack Residential Proxies
1 Dealing with Variable Income as a Freelancer 26:22
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26:22As a freelancer, you'll find that your income tends to be a lot more variable and less dependent than salaried work. How do you deal with that situation, both in terms of financial planning and making things more predictable? Join us to learn more. View as a video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm5K4YiTf8o Link of the week: Serverless Computing for Dummies…
When you have your own practice or business, lead generation is obviously critical. But how should you go about it and, specifically, is LinkedIn a good channel for lead generation? Join us to learn more. View this podcast as a video on Youtube. Links of the Week: The basics of secret management Learn: AI in Software Testing…
1 How Does Insurance Work When You're a Freelancer? 13:20
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13:20Insurance is pretty straightforward for those in the salaried world. But when you go off on your own, how does it work? What kinds of insurance do you need to think about, and how do you obtain them? Link of the week: Your Complete Guide to Test Automation Frameworks
1 How Should You Handle Raising Your Rates? 20:32
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20:32This is something near and dear to the heart of any freelancer. The time has come and you've decided you need to raise your rates. How do you tell your clients about it, and how do you manage this process of rate raising in general? Link of the week: How To Test Proxies
1 How Do You Break the Feast or Famine Cycle? 18:18
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18:18Anyone who has hung out their shingle to freelance has likely encountered the so-called "feast or famine" cycle. What is this, why is it suboptimal, how do you get out of it, and how long does it take to get out? Link of the week: The Pros and Cons of Test Data Synthetics (or Data Fabrication)
1 What Do Freelancers Do When They Get Sick? 15:30
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15:30Sick time is pretty straightforward for employees. But how does this work when you go off on your own as a freelancer? How do freelancers handle it when they get sick? Link Picks Check out Tricentis Tosca: Intelligent test automation Ever wondered why distributed apps need dependency management?
1 Should You Build a Business in Your Own Name or Pick a Brand Name? 17:18
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17:18You're thinking of starting a business or a freelance practice. Should you name the business and website after yourself, or should you create a separate brand for it? Links of the week: What Makes a Good Enterprise Release Manager? Understanding Playwright Selectors: A Guide Microservice tools: The top 10 for monitoring and testing Apex Triggers in Salesforce: A Beginner’s Guide Learn Data integrity Android emulator vs. real device testing: Key differences Android testing: An easy introduction with examples…
1 Managing Context Switching When You Have Multiple Clients 16:53
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16:53If you're working on significant projects in parallel for multiple clients, you might find yourself mentally "thrashing," or struggling with the context switching between the different projects. How do you handle that? Links of the week: Get started with GitHub Actions Test Environments: Why You Need Them and How to Set It Up Playwright and GitHub Actions: Getting Started How to Call Batch Apex in Salesforce, the Quick and Easy Way Learn Regression testing…
1 What’s the Difference Between a Freelancer and a Consultant? 18:32
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18:32People 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…
1 Is It a Problem for a Freelancer to Have Just One Large Client? 19:05
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19:05Is 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…
1 What is a Retainer in Consulting and How Does It Work? 18:37
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18:37You 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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/ Picks: Learn about data pipelines Exploratory Testing 101 An excellent post about test data management Web scraping in JS…
1 How Does a Freelancer Get Started with Content Marketing? 19:17
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19:17You'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? Picks: 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…
1 Should Freelancers Run Ads to Get Business? 14:54
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14:54As 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * The E-Myth Revisited: Amazon Link 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…
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? Picks: 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…
1 What Software Do You Need for Your Freelance Practice? 20:07
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20:07What 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…
1 Should I Start a Business Bank Account to Freelance? 19:32
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19:32In 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…
1 Building a Hibernate Training Business with Info Products and Consulting, with Thorben Janssen 57:11
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57:11This 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…
1 What Motivates Companies to Hire Freelancers Instead of Employees? 19:14
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19:14If 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…
1 Should a Freelancer Maintain a Portfolio? 17:16
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17:16A 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? Link Picks 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…
1 What Should You Title Yourself on LinkedIn or in Business Cards? 16:17
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16:17As 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? Link Picks: 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…
1 Building a Python Training Business, with Reuven Lerner 1:06:18
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1:06:18This 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. If you like this video and are interested in more business and freelance advice, you're welcome to join our free community. You can sign up and check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?even ... These videos are courtesy of Hit Subscribe, a content agency whose authors are all techies: https://www.hitsubscribe.com/ Weekly Link Picks The CI/CD pipeline: A developer’s guide Mastering the Art of Cutover Planning: A Step-by-Step Guide Jira Test Automation Episode 15: Simple Cookie Based Authentication in ASP.NET Core Getting Started With Octoparse Understanding Playwright Selectors: A Guide…
1 Should Freelancers Give Talks as a Way to Generate Business? 14:49
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14:49Someone 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you like this video and are interested in more business and freelance advice, you're welcome to join our free community. You can sign up and check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?even... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link Picks Sproutward Cast Study What is Privacy by Design Learn DevOps testing…
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/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This week's picks: Release Management Explained in Depth Our Super Friendly AI Sloth that Analyzes Your Observability Data A guide to using Jira for test case management 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?…
1 Bootstrapping and Evolving a Web Development Agency, with Marg Reffell 1:07:57
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1:07:57n 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This week's picks: 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…
1 How Can a Freelancer Improve Their Sales Win Rate? 22:11
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22:11In sales lingo, "win rate" is the percentage of prospects you talk to that eventually become customers? How can freelancers improve the rate at which they close business so that their time doing sales is more efficient? Join us to learn more. -------------------------------------------------------------------- This Week's Picks: What makes a good Test Data Manager? The Agile Release Train Explained Automated testing tools Create and manage an AWS ECS cluster with Terraform VectorDBBench - A Vector Database Benchmark Tool…
1 Should Freelancers Use ”We” on Their Business Websites? 17:34
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17:34When you're first starting out and building your website, how should you position yourself? Specifically, should you talk about yourself as "I" or should you talk about yourself as "we," the way an agency or larger business might? I definitely have an opinion on this one. -------------------------------------------------------------------- This Week's Picks: Sand Castles and DevOps at Scale Measuring Web Performance in 2023: The Definitive Guide Web Stress Testing All of Your Web & Mobile Applications Manage networking with Docker Compose…
1 Balancing Serious Side Hustles and Fulltime Work, with Swizec Teller 50:50
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50:50In this installment of our community guest speaker series, we talked to Swizec Teller about balancing serious side hustles with full time employment. He has balanced a career working for startups in Silicon Valley with building info products and businesses on the side. To find out more about Swiz: Check out his latest project, defining the senior mindset for software engineers, to help get you ahead in your career: https://seniormindset.com/ He also blogs and has a site at: https://swizec.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- This Week's Picks: Check out this useful developer’s guide to containers Check out this great post on enterprise configuration management This Tricentis page on test management software This handy guide on lcp metric This great guide on bpr meaning, steps, and examples This interesting page on codeless mobile testing…
Not all clients are created equal. Many are great, but some you'd rather avoid. How do you tell the difference ahead of time, in order to avoid the headache of having nightmare clients? _____________________________________________________________________________ This Week's Picks: This easy to digest post on event-driven architecture Check out Enov8's Top 10 Cloud Optimization Tricks This handy guide on quic HTTP/3 This great post on software testing application This handy guide on Slack auto reply…
If you're used to salaried employment, especially in the US, you're used to having a lot of stuff taken care of for you when it comes to benefits. Medical, dental, vision insurance covered and mostly paid for, retirement savings, and more. But what do you do when you go freelance and this goes away? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Week's Picks This handy guide will get you up and running with Django using Kubernetes. This useful guide to healthcare data compliance This episode of the Request Metrics podcast on tweaking systemd services with Ansible is super useful for setting up systemd service environments This guide to QA testing tools This great post on SOC 2 Trust Services Principles Check out this page by Tricentis on End-to-end mobile testing…
I get a lot of questions about freelancing, but this is both one of the most interesting that I get and the least-asked. When should you quit freelancing? People set out with nothing but plans for success, so the "when do I do something else" is infrequently considered until things are ugly. I'll walk through how to assess what you should do when things are ugly, but also encourage you to have a quitting scenario from the outset. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Show notes: The blog post about freelancers and profit: https://daedtech.com/freelancers-arent-yet-business-owners/ The series about freelancers and business: https://daedtech.com/category/business-of-freelancing/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Week's Picks: Jira Ticketing System: An Introductory Guide API testing for everyone and every app Episode 11: Connecting to Redis in .NET Core 3.1 Preprod Done Right: The Definitive Guide Creating microservices in Nest.js…
Invoicing Basics for New Freelancers ------------------------------------------------------ This Week's Picks Deploy a Django app with Kubernetes in 20 minutes Data Compliance: A Detailed Guide for IT Leaders Episode 15: Simple Cookie Based Authentication in ASP.NET Core Tricentis Tosca: Mobile application testing A Guide to Integrating Slack and Zendesk…
1 From Employment to Freelancing Collective, with Cory Koehler 55:57
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55:57In this installment of our community guest speaker series, we talked to Cory Koehler about how he went from being an employee to running a collective of application development freelancers. A lot of folks in our community are interested in exploring models like this, so tune in to hear about Cory's journey. You can find out more about Cory: * Reaching out to him through LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cory-koehler/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- This week's picks: Master Terraform: A cheat sheet for infrastructure automation What is Release Management (an ERM & SAFe Perspective) Using the Beacon API Tosca – Cross Browser Testing 21 Slack Tips and Best Practices You Haven't Seen Before…
1 When Should a Freelancer Start Paying People to Do Other Things 17:49
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17:49Subcontracting? Bringing on a VA or a bookkeeper? As a freelancer, when does the time come to start hiring people to do other things? Join us to learn more. This weeks picks: This Appium tutorial that explains how Appium helps with cross-platform mobile testing, and how to get started with it Guide to columnar databases How to create a Kubernetes cluster in AWS: A walkthrough IT Environments: What Are They and Which Do You Need? Enterprise Salesforce Testing at Lightning Speed User Experience Monitoring from Request Metrics How to create a job requisition approval process…
1 What To Do When Freelance Clients Won’t Pay 25:10
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25:10If you're a new or aspiring freelancer, this is probably one of your worst nightmares. What do you do when a client won't pay? What options do you have and what recourse? Picks ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This offering from Tricentis that provides ServiceNow test automation And this offering from Tricentis, that provides Salesforce test automation…
1 Pricing When You Start Your Freelance Practice 25:00
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25:00In this video, I field a specific question about how to structure pricing for an offering around legacy code remediation. But because that's very specific, I lead up to it, spending most of the video talking about the different pricing models and options available to you as a freelancer. Picks ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This comprehensive guide to building Slack workflows . This Make Me a Programmer post, exploring the difference in nomenclature between software engineer and developer .…
1 How to Avoid Bad Clients as a Freelancer 22:25
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22:25As a freelancer, winding up with bad clients can be the bane of your existence or even drive you back to the salaried world. So what can you do to avoid having bad clients? I walk you through my tactics to help toward this goal. Picks ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This new offering from RequestMetrics, around user experience monitoring . The VERA offering, from Tricentis , that assists with compliance concerns in quality assurance. I'll throw a homer pick for our business, Hit Subscribe .…
1 Building an Audience for Your Business or Practice 21:24
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21:24How do you go about building an audience to help with your marketing efforts for your business or freelance practice? I'll go through all sorts of things that you can do in general, but the most powerful thing you can do is find a niche and be specific about what you offer. Picks ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This post, from Architect, summarizing CI/CD best practices . This detailed guide to data compliance , aimed at IT leadership.…
1 Interviewing, Negotiation, and Sales as a Freelancer 20:44
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20:44How do you go about closing the deal as a freelancer? Do you agree to interviews? Do you have some kind of sales that you do? And, in either case, how does negotiation work during the process? In this video I walk you through how all of that good stuff works. Picks ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This post, teaching you to use Google forms to implement a ticketing system . This tool, TubeRipper is cool, and it's what I'm using to repurpose livestreams into podcast audio.…
1 Freelancing vs Salaried Employment: Is Freelancing Right For You? 21:58
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21:58Have you historically been a salaried employee, but are curious about dipping your toes in the water of freelancing? In this video I take on a "compare and contrast" of freelancing and salaried employment, and how to figure out which makes the most sense for you. Picks ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RequestMetrics has this cool tool that's an HTTP cache checker . Tricentis and their stress testing offering.…
1 Incorporating as a Freelancer: Your Options and How to Choose 23:45
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23:45It's near universal to wonder whether and how to incorporate when you start a freelance practice. In this installment of the freelancer Q&A Facebook Lives, I walk through the options that you have, and weigh in on what I'd recommend, base on my experience (starting 4 different business entities of 3 different varieties over the years). This video walks you though how things work in the US, but some of this might apply in other countries. Caveat emptor, outside of the US, though. Picks ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This post from Architect, about production environments . This post, from Enov8, about deployment planning .…
Another episode from our Q&A series, where I take on Q&A about business and freelancing from authors in our author pool. If you're going to moonlight or go into business for yourself freelancing, should you use Upwork or sites like it? I think there are certain specific situations make this a good fit for you, but generally and on a long timeline, I'd avoid sites like this. Picks ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan Stark, The One and Only A guide to dealing with CSS image effects The fact that Tricentis does test automation for Salesforce This post about building Slack workflows , which is great for minimizing the time I have to spend in Slack…
If you're going to freelance, do you need to make a website, and what should that website look like? I actually don't think it's a super high priority for a new freelancer, and you honestly don't need one to get started. But you will need one, eventually, so I talk about when and how to make one. Show Notes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan Stark Laser Focused Positioning Statement The DaedTech About page (I think that copy is about 4 years old) Picks ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This post, from Architect, about the portability of software resonates with me. Shameless plug for my recent post about tool-user keyword research . Here's a post from friend of the show, Carlos, about release management in detail .…
Moonlighting is a specific flavor of working that involves working in addition to a normal, full time job. In this episode, I take on a question about how to get started with moonlighting as a freelancer, and what to consider. Join us to learn more. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Picks: I just learned that risk-based testing was a thing, so here's a piece on risk-based testing . I'll throw some love to our community site , aimed at answering questions that mid-career transitioners might have about programming. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These episodes are courtesy of Hit Subscribe , a digital marketing partner in the tech space.…
If you're a relatively new freelancer, how do you go about marketing yourself? The answer is simple, but not easy. Marketing is about being memorable, and being a generalist isn't memorable, so one of the most powerful things you can do is identify a niche. But, if you haven't done that or don't know how, I have some tips you can use while still in generalist-land. Join us to learn more. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Picks: As someone who (reluctantly) spends a good bit of time in Slack, I like what Wrangle has to offer, which is automation around Slack ticketing and workflows . In producing this podcast, I've been getting a lot of mileage out of this free tool , that you can use to extract the audio from YouTube videos. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These videos are courtesy of Hit Subscribe , a digital marketing partner in the tech space.…
If you're just getting started as a freelancer, you might wonder what you need a lawyer's help with. Do you need a contract? Help setting up an LLC? In this video I offer a take based on my experience setting up multiple businesses of what you do and don't need a lawyer for. Join us to learn more. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Picks For the content work we do, web performance is an important subject, so check out this guide on synthetic testing and real user monitoring . Speaking of content, shameless plug for my DaedTech series about, well, SEO, called " SEO for non-scumbags ." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These episodes are courtesy of Hit Subscribe , a digital marketing partner in the tech space.…
1 How Do Taxes Work When You Start a Business? 18:23
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18:23Are you thinking about hanging out your shingle and don't know how taxes work? Maybe you've never thought about how taxes work (you should, though). In this video, I walk you through how taxes work for freelancers in the US. Join us to learn more. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Picks this episode: A while back, one of our authors, Carlos, wrote an article about Git statistics , which I, as a connoisseur of static analysis, can appreciate. Speaking of which, if you're a .NET engineer and like you some static analysis, check out NDepend . ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These episodes are courtesy of Hit Subscribe , a digital marketing partner in the tech space.…
1 How Do You Get Clients for Your New Business? 16:06
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16:06Are you just starting out as a freelancer or moonlighter, and wondering how to go about finding clients? In this video I lay out a series of fairly specific tactics freelancers can use for finding clients. Join us to learn more. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Picks this episode: This is a little older, but here's an article from a Hit Subscribe author about the test data manager role . If you ever need a good way to automatically filter out background noise when recording audio, give krisp.ai a look. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These episodes are courtesy of Hit Subscribe , a digital marketing partner in the tech space.…
How do you set your rate as a freelancer? I offer two things in this video: A detailed explanation of the philosophical with the idea of "having a rate" A super actionable piece of easy advice for setting it, if you insist on doing this. Join us to learn more. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Picks this episode: I'm always one for a little orchestration, so check out this guide to orchestrating microservices . I've been enjoying using ClickUp for quick and easy documentation of my personal SOPs. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These episodes are courtesy of Hit Subscribe , a marketing partner in the tech space.…
1 Starting a new Freelance Business: Dos and Donts 20:16
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20:16In this edition, I tackled the subject of dos and don'ts for starting a new business. Join me for a list of things that I think you ought to do, and a list of things I don't think you should bother with -- some of those might surprise you. Join us to learn more. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Picks this episode: One of HS's longest established authors, Peter Morlion, created this guide on iOS unit testing . In a self-referential, meta-concern, I'm really enjoying Podbean , which I'm using to generate this podcast. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These episodes are courtesy of Hit Subscribe , a marketing partner in the tech space.…
1 Should You Incorporate to Moonlight or Freelance? 18:06
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18:06I tackle the question that everyone asks sooner or later: should I create some kind of business or just do business as myself? These episodes are courtesy of Hit Subscribe , a content shop.
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