This is the first, but perhaps not the last, article series on working with new freelancers from the client’s perspective. Over the years, I’ve hired a number of developers and…
CTO-as-a-Service is something rather new and you could easily say it is a niche industry. In this article, I explain my perspective on what it is and how I manage…
No matter how successful a freelancer you are, there are times when things go south; especially when you work online and are limited to mere chat lines as one major…
As of this writing, I’m one month shy of my fifth anniversary of freelancing. I jumped off the hamster wheel in May 2014, and I jumped off for good. Some…
I’m a man of many hats. (Saying that always makes me think of a doctoral hat, which is part of the academic tradition in Finland — which I never got…
Despite the slight (or rather complete!) change in the title, this article is the last part of my series The Strangest Invitations I Ever Got via Online Freelancing Sites, Part…
This is Part 2 of my attempt at revealing the funny and tragicomic side of online freelancing. Please take a look at the previous post about the categories of the…
I’ve worked for years on those online freelance sites. When I started, I was quite impressed with how professional some clients are and how quickly you can land a project…