Flying Solo: Lifehack Your Way to a Pants-Optional Workplace

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Many developers harbour the dream of throwing off the shackles of corporate serfdom and experiencing the glorious freedom of self-employment. So is the grass really greener on the other side? As a developer who took the plunge a few years ago, I can offer some honest feedback and practical advice on things like:

• what to consider when assessing whether self-employment is right for you.
• the different software development business models, the pros & cons of each.
• setting up a business/company - which structure is best.
• knowing when to quit your job.
• pricing yourself correctly.
• sales & marketing - critical activity or soul destroying waste of effort?
• why on earth can’t people just pay you on time.
• what to say to friends and relatives who think you don’t do anything all day.

And generally everything else that I know now, that I wish I knew then.

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