I'm a web developer and I've always been doing some personal projects to learn new technologies and keep myself busy. I also did some minor freelance work (create a website for the small association Y, for the artist Z...). As time passes and I build up my network, skill set and resume, I get a lot more offers that could take more of my...
My background is .net 2.0 development using web forms. Before I was laid off I was looking into MVC which I enjoy very much. I have a few clients that I am consulting for and I now have to make a decision to either stay the course with ASP.NET MVC or switch to ruby rails or cakephp/codeigniter. If I choose ASP.NET MVC I would have to up...
I never worked as a subcontractor and don't know the ends and outs. A few days ago I was contacted by a recruiter. He hooked me up with a small company. After a few interviews I come to find out that the recruiter will get paid from the company and I would get paid from the recruiter. So I guess he would be taking a little off the top. A...
GetACoder is one of this freelancer job auction web sites. And everytime im looking there i see ridiculous low prices. I mean even a good programmer from india gets more then 500US$ per month and i found people bidding to "i need a clone of " at 1000$. Am i such a bad and slow programmer that i don't think i can't do this carefully in...
I'm interested in finding a codebase for creating a portal where contractors can bid on projects. This would be similar to the website elance.com or rentacoder.com or getafreelancer.com. Do you know of any open source projects out there or even paid software as a starting point? Thank you very much! ...
I have a client that has hired me. I am 20 and am new to the freelance field. I charged him for a consultation on the current project to see if there were anymore revisions that need to be done. It would make sense that you will bill the customer anytime I provide my expertise. The thing is, the client sent me an e-mail stating "you ch...
What was your experience as user of those sites? Did you win any bids? I live in a third world country and have recently joined to RAC, and I'm not really sure what to expect. Also, I'm not sure if this question belongs to here or to SuperUser.com ...
Today I had a bad surprise learning about some implications of the GPL license, mainly that I couldn't use it as freely as I thought. Now I know. What else should I know, and more widely, what should every developer know about legal things like that? You can separate employees, freelancers, open source projects contributors (etc.) o...
I often have the problem when i read job offers at elance, guru or getacoder that there is some domain specific knowledge required. I think i can handle technical ones like device drivers or API specific like VMWare plugins or iPhone Apps. But when it comes to projects that involve stock option trading, accounting, special sales operati...
What is a freelancer's liability in the case of data loss, system outage, money lose, injury, death, and all other bad things that can arise from the use of the software? I understand this is something that can be arranged in a written contract. But what are the standards if software was exchanged for money with no written contract. Th...
I have been doing consulting for a customer at a low hourly rate with the purpose of building a long term business relationship. The work consisted in learning, maintaining and modifying a big code base. Part of the reason I charged a low rate was to amortize over time the cost of learning the code. I have been working for this customer...
A company has me developing software on a contract basis. The software is for a client of the company. The project had been split into phases, with the client paying a portion of the total after the satisfactory completion of each phase. The software will be hosted by the company for the client (as a service) after the completion of the ...
First of all, this is not exactly a direct programming question, but you guys seem to be the best ones to ask. I'm a freelance software developer. I'd like to put together a publicly viewable portfolio of projects that I have worked on for clients, or a client list or something similar. Just something to display or describe my work on a...
I'm building a web application to generate monthly subscription fees, but I've quickly realised I'm going to need some help with the project to finish it this century. I don't have any money upfront for a freelancer and every website I've found takes bids for project work. The tasks that need doing are flexible too because I can do what...
Hi guys, I am starting a new career as freelancer (currently under notice period of employer). I am Java programmer. Loves Java and I am very good in Java (Atleast thats what I think) Now, After looking around.. Domain Host / Peoples (clients/bloggers/website admins).. Java is alien to them. I searched for top 10 hosts.. and guess wha...
Where do you go to find high-quality outside development help? Alternately, if you are a high-quality independent developer, where do you go find projects to work on? I own a software and IT consulting and development company, and occasionally we get requests for projects that would require more resources than my team has to spare. My o...
As people trying to broaden our knowledge and become better developers... when should we turn down a project and say "I don't know how to do that"? Obviously there are extremes that are obvious e.g. new developers shouldn't be coding life support equipment. But what about a new web developer that hasn't tried working with databases ye...
I am looking for a book that covers how to do freelance as a web developer. I know there are many general freelance books out there, but I am looking for a freelance book that is somewhat focused on freelancing as a web developer. Some of things I am looking for in the book are: Examples of Contracts and Terms & Conditions related to...
I'm planning on hiring a freelancer to work with me on a project. All of my code is on my SVN, but I don't want some of it to be available to the other programmer. That said, there are many directories, and I want the other person (who I have never met) to only access certain directories, for both read and write. I can't find anything i...
I would like to get some ideas what changes when shifting from a freelance Web Developer to a company's Web Developer (vise versa). This would be a wiki and would just like to hear your opinion and experiences. Thanks! ...