Re: Freelance programming
Re: Freelance programming
- Subject: Re: Freelance programming
- From: Chris Hanson <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 02:53:27 -0600
On Oct 31, 2003, at 1:30 AM, Jacob Chapa wrote:
Im looking to do some freelance programming work, in cocoa and
actionScript for a company. I am new to the whole freelance thing, and
want to know some 'aboutish' fees that you guys charge. not super
professional, just the regular freelance joe. if you know what i mean.
There's no "not super professional" about it, and there's no "regular
freelance joe" either. In fact, "freelance" is a term hardly ever used
to describe professional software developers working independently.
Are you an experienced professional software developer? If not, you
really need to become one before companies will be willing to hire you
on a consulting or contracting basis. If you are, you should have some
idea already of what your time is worth to potential clients.
In other words, you can't expect to be independent in a field before
you've done some time as an employee in that field. The "field" in
this case isn't limited to "Cocoa and ActionScript programming;" it's
the broader "software development" or "Macintosh software development"
arena.
However, you can't simply spend all your time doing non-Mac work and
then expect to make it independently in the Mac world. You'll have to
hone your Mac skills outside the workplace if you can't get full-time
work as a Mac developer. That's because you'll be competing with a lot
of experienced independent Mac developers. You might think you could
simply price your services lower; however, many good clients shy away
from consultants selling on price.
I'm not saying this to discourage you. Being your own boss and being
able to do Macintosh development full-time are both *extremely*
rewarding. But there are a lot of challenges that need to be overcome
in order to do either, and you need to approach them realistically if
you want to be able to beat them.
-- Chris
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