Trends in Freelance Software Development

A little summary of my findings on the software development freelance market. You’ll find rate trends, skill trends comparison, what skills are hot or not, etc …

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How to design and deploy an R&D portal to augment productivity of a software development team ?

Knowledge, if it doesn’t determine action, is dead. 1st Ennead, Plotinus, 205-270 C.E.

Software is knowledge. How can you leverage open source tools to encourage positive behaviors and discourage negative ones in a distributed software development team ? What processes and tools can be deploy to augment productivity and optimize information flow?

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Why do Contractors become contractors or why I think the employee/employer relationship is flawed ?

As a software professional working for a corporation, you’re giving away your your main asset : your brain … you’re also at risk of loosing your soul !

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Health Care for Software Consultants

You just started your life as a freelance aka self employed aka President MySmallBiz Inc. Or maybe you’re just planning on doing so …

The first thing that you’ll need to plan for, is health coverage. This is critical especially if you have a family … and if you’ve recently watched M. Moore’s Sicko you know it’s going to be a pain …

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