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Demonstrate or Report a project to Client while freelancing
I have started freelancing for couple of weeks and have done few projects.
While doing it I found myself in risky situation when client ask progress and also want to see it done. which means I have ...
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Terminating a freelance contract before completion [closed]
I've been building a large web application for a company. Initially the project owner appointed a Graphic/Web designer to complete all design/front end works. Me and who ever I bring in to complete ...
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Should Cross browser testing be explicitly mentioned in the scope of a project?
I do freelance web development and front end dev is not my strongest point. This question came to me in my recent fixed bid project.
Nowadays we use Jquery and Bootstrap and these take care of lots ...
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Important Questions to ask Client at Briefing (Web Development) [closed]
I am just moving into freelancing (my primary sector will be web design / web development). I've got a few projects for friends as well as one or two 'professional' projects in the pipeline. I would ...
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Starting consulting while employed - conflict of interest [closed]
First of all I am not after legal advice. This is a bit TL;DR but I have a summary at the bottom, I'm explaining it all so people can offer insightful advise.
Situation
I need to explain my present ...
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If I hire you for "a day", how many hours are expected? [closed]
I've seen a lot of advice for freelance programmers which advocates quoting your rates in periods of a minimum of one day. That means that when someone asks your rate, you would say "$500 per day" ...
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Demonstrate bad code to client?
A client has asked me to do a redesign of their website, an ASP.NET Webforms application that was developed by another consultant. It seemed like a relatively straightforward job, but after looking at ...
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Should I pay my developers for bugs fixes for a project or work that's still in progress? [duplicate]
We are working with a group of developers on a project. The project is still in progress (not completed) and these developers charge us for time spent on fixing bugs on codes that were not written ...
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What to charge for a ready-built piece of software? [closed]
Recently I was contacted by someone interested buying a piece of software that I wrote to automate a process. The 'client' knows little about the program, except what it outputs and how easy it is to ...
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Is there an analogue to "FizzBuzz" for choosing clients? [closed]
This is for the freelancers.
In my past life as a full-time employee, I was involved in hiring and interviewed a good number of developers. I learned that it was much more valuable to see a developer ...
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Client Request Explanation of "Benefits" as part of consulting fee
I gave my rate to my client with a simple breakdown as requested.
I listed out the components of my rate:
Salary
Benefits
Overhead (tax, suppliers, etc etc)
The client is ok with 1) and 3)
But he ...
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Where to find clients? [closed]
My main area: web development.
Of course, I don't expect anybody give away their 'gold mine' or whatever but I am struggling to see where I should be advertising my services. I have one other ...
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Charging by the hour/project [closed]
This is related to a question I asked earlier - https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/34023/how-to-end-a-relationship-with-a-client-without-pissing-them-off
What are your ...
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Who should pay for fixes/bugs? [closed]
So I just started freelancing both in desktop/web development and this client who already accepted my work, and payed me keeps coming back at me each time he finds a bug etc. And I have found myself ...
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Catering for client's web-hosting needs, minus the headaches?
I'll be trying to sell my Ruby on Rails development skills to small local businesses.
It seems I'd be shooting myself in the foot if I couldn't manage to put their apps into production, in fact ...
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