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Freelancers in IT development, Think about benefits/Disadvantage
Bui Thanh Hai(facebook.com/hai.bth)
Software Freedom Day - FOSS@HUSHanoi, 15th September, 2012
1. About
Bùi Thanh Hải (Freelancer) IT System Developer, Project Manager
linkedin.com/in/buithanhhai1981
- 6 years experience in Coding, Team Leader for a company
- 4 years work as Freelancer in groups: Asssembla, ODesk and others.
- Web application development: Java/Struts/J2EE and Ruby On Rails
2. Overview
- Freelancers in IT field, who are you?- What are Benefits?- What are Disadvantage?- Success experiences - What should you do?
3. Freelancers in IT field - Who are you?
1 - Independently Coders/Designer
2 - Developers work in group
3 - Managers/Experts
3. Freelancers in IT field - General features
- Independently/Work for yourself- Unstable work- Brand-name motivation - Large networks: partnership, internet (freelancer.com, odesk.com…)
4. What are benefits?
- Flexible plans- More opportunities- Strong self-organization- Rich experiences- Huge international market- Good for stand-up a company (maybe)
5. What are Disadvantages
- Unstable income- Easy to overload- Low face-to-face communication for oversea developers- Lack experience in big organizations- Have you lost your way?
7. Success experiences – A freelancer
(Screenshot from wowkhmer.com)
7. Success experiences – Freelancer Group
(Screenshot from vietcodepro.com)
8. What should you do?
- Plan focus on your career (not only work)- Understand work process (ex: Scrum) - Good in a special field or know everything? - Good communications (Good in English)- Have backup plans- Work in group, join some communities
BIG QUESTION: - trong trường hợp tăng trưởng -> kế hoạch cho tương lai?
Thanks and Questions!