Hit Subscribe Freelancer Q&A

By Erik Dietrich

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December 06, 2023Should Freelancers Run Ads to Get Business?
As a freelancer, should you enlist paid advertising to help you get work? The answer, in most cases, is no, but tune in to hear why and what the exceptions might be.
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A guide to getting started with the Terraform Kubernetes provider
Sand Castles and DevOps at Scale
Improve your online gaming experience with Proxyrack proxies
Considering stress testing? Check out Neoload
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15min
November 29, 2023How Do You Quit a Gig or Fire a Client?
Sometimes it just isn't working out, and it's not you -- it's them. When you decide you have to part ways with a client, how do you go about doing that?

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If you use Snowflake, this might check out this data integrity product from Tricentis
A guide to serverless computing for dummies
A useful guide to react environment variables
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19min
November 22, 2023What Software Do You Need for Your Freelance Practice?
What pieces of software do you need in order to start out as a freelancer? CRM? Accounting Software? Etc? I take you through the ones that I would recommend in this video.

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Test environments: Everything you need to know
Top 10 Cloud Optimization Tricks
What Is SessionBox?
End-to-end mobile testing
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21min
November 15, 2023Should I Start a Business Bank Account to Freelance?
In this edition of the freelancer Q&A series, I take on the subject of whether or not you should start a business bank account in order to freelance. I think you ought to, and I'll tell you why, and what else I think you should do for finance when getting started.

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Deploy your Django app with Docker
HIPAA vs GDPR vs PCI
Proxies for Twitter - A Complete Guide
API testing for everyone and every app
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20min
November 08, 2023Building a Hibernate Training Business with Info Products and Consulting, with Thorben Janssen
This time around in our community speaker series, we talked to Thorben Janssen about building a Hibernate/JPA training business with info products and consulting. Hear about made the transition over time from employed as a software engineer to building and selling online courses and consulting around his area of expertise.
To find out more about Thorben:
You can check out his site: https://thorben-janssen.com/
Or go to https://persistencehub.com/ to join his community
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What the heck is event-driven architecture?
What Is Proxy Switchy Omega?
How Data Breaches Happen?
Tosca – Cross Browser Testing
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58min
November 01, 2023What Motivates Companies to Hire Freelancers Instead of Employees?
If you're a freelancer, you may be tempted to apply to job openings looking for employees so that you can convince them to hire you instead. Is that a good idea? And, more generally, why do companies hire freelancers versus employees?

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What is a staging environment?
Data: What Is DevSecOps?
Learn Load Testing
Proxyrack Residential Proxies
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20min
October 25, 2023Should a Freelancer Maintain a Portfolio?
A lot of people will tell you that, as a freelancer, you should create and maintain a portfolio that you can show to prospects. But is that really good advice?

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Local development with PostgreSQL containers
Enterprise Release Management – The Bridge between Corporate Strategy & DevOps
Test Automation from Tricentis
Google Analytics 4 Has Me So Frustrated, We Built Our Own Analytics Service
Puppeteer and waitForSelector: A Guide
Playwright and GitHub Actions: Getting Started
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18min
October 18, 2023What Should You Title Yourself on LinkedIn or in Business Cards?
As a freelancer, it might not be clear what kind of title to give yourself in "official" venues, like LinkedIn or on business cards. What should you put there to best represent yourself?

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A developer’s guide to GitOps
IT Environments: What Are They and Which Do You Need?
Bring quality 360 to Salesforce Customer 360 with Salesforce test automation
High Performance Images: 2023 Guide
ParseHub: What It Is and How It Works
Web Scraping in JavaScript: A Guide
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17min
October 11, 2023Building a Python Training Business, with Reuven Lerner
This time around in our community speaker series, we talked to Reuven Lerner about starting a Python training business. Hear about how he got into tech, into training, into business for himself, and, eventually into a specific, stable, and profitable niche.
To find out more about Reuven:
Check out his site: https://lerner.co.il/
You might like his mailing list about training: https://lerner.co.il/e-mail-courses/t...
And, finally, he's on Twitter: https://twitter.com/reuvenmlerner
Join us to learn more.
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Understanding Playwright Selectors: A Guide
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1h 7min
October 04, 2023Should Freelancers Give Talks as a Way to Generate Business?
Someone in our community asked whether it was worth it for freelancers to gain recognition by giving conference workshops or online workshops. I generalized this to the subject of "should you give talks as a freelancer to generate new business?" Here's my take. Join us to learn more.
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15min

FAQs about Hit Subscribe Freelancer Q&A:

How many episodes does Hit Subscribe Freelancer Q&A have?

The podcast currently has 88 episodes available.