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Freelancers in IT development, Think about benefits/Disadvantage Bui Thanh Hai (facebook.com/hai.bth) Software Freedom Day - FOSS@HUS Hanoi, 15 th September, 2012

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Page 1: Sfd hanoi2012 bui thanh hai   freelancer - benefits & disadvantages

Freelancers in IT development, Think about benefits/Disadvantage

Bui Thanh Hai(facebook.com/hai.bth)

Software Freedom Day - FOSS@HUSHanoi, 15th September, 2012

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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

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2. Overview

- Freelancers in IT field, who are you?- What are Benefits?- What are Disadvantage?- Success experiences - What should you do?

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3. Freelancers in IT field - Who are you?

1 - Independently Coders/Designer

2 - Developers work in group

3 - Managers/Experts

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3. Freelancers in IT field - General features

- Independently/Work for yourself- Unstable work- Brand-name motivation - Large networks: partnership, internet (freelancer.com, odesk.com…)

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4. What are benefits?

- Flexible plans- More opportunities- Strong self-organization- Rich experiences- Huge international market- Good for stand-up a company (maybe)

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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?

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7. Success experiences – A freelancer

(Screenshot from wowkhmer.com)

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7. Success experiences – Freelancer Group

(Screenshot from vietcodepro.com)

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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?

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Thanks and Questions!