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 …
Read the rest of this entry May 27th, 2009 0 comments »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?
Read the rest of this entry March 4th, 2008 0 comments »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 !
Read the rest of this entry February 21st, 2008 0 comments »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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