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Mentorship Is Overrated In Early IT Days
Mentorship is overrated, especially during the first years of one’s technical career. But Why Is Mentorship Overrated? Not because mentors lack the skills or experience to…
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Is Intellectual Property Endangered By Remote Developers In Startups?
Successful open source businesses depend on factors outside of their codebase, such as: Brand positioning and PR Customer base Portfolio Talented engineers and business professionals able…
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Can Management Consultants Be Good Startup Founders?
Traditional management consultants (and advisors) are MBAs who have spent a decade or more in the corporate space. I’ve studied 500+ of them and over 80% fell…
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How To Gain Experience As A Junior Developer
Let’s review that from an employer’s perspective. The First Week Or Two Someone with no practical skills and proven experience joins your team. You greet them,…
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What Is The Difference Between Freelancers And Office Workers?
Freelancers Are Usually Project-Based Employees The common belief is that freelancers are usually project-based employees who often work independently on a specific project with a deadline. This…
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How To Reject Sales Proposals While Keeping Your Door Open
Generally, most of the cold emails and calls we receive (dozens every month) are automated and provide no value for us whatsoever. Some of the remaining…
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On Working As a Developer Only For a Paycheck
Why is it that when it comes to computer programming, everyone completely warns against doing it for the money? What Is Software Engineering Anyway? Software development…
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Upwork’s IPO Impact On Freelancers Who Use Their Platform
As a former freelancer, I’d generated over $60K back in the day. As a company owner, we’ve already invested 6 figures through Upwork. Increase The Profit Margins…