++ 1 billion nominated for post of the year, career category.
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:55 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote: > > With 10 months of leadtime, the number one thing I would recommend is > getting to know people and companies in your area who do what you do, > or who are in complimentary positions. The old adage is "it's not > what you know it's who you know" and it's very very true. > > You have 10 months to get out there and meet people. Go to local User > Group meetings. Not just CF meetings, but designer meetups, Flash > meetups, tweetups, whatever. Get to know people and make sure they > remember who you are too. > > But you aren't just meeting them so you can ask them for a job. Get > to know what they are about, what their company is about, and let them > know what you are about. Don't tell them you may be looking for work > in 10 months, just let them know what you do and if you do it right > they will come looking for you if they need you. > > And - this isn't just something you should do for the next 10 months. > I would VERY MUCH suggest doing this on an ongoing basis for your > entire career. You never know when someone you know might come across > just the right opportunity for you. Just make sure they know what you > are good at, and make a good impression. They will come to you if you > keep in touch and they find something that's a fit. > > Fishing around sites like eLance or oDesk is probably just going to > de-motivate you. I would get out there and get known. Who knows, > maybe you will keep your job in 10 months and then 5 months later the > opportunity of a lifetime will get dropped right in your lap. > > -Cameron > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:02 PM, James McDougal <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Without going into too much detail, here's my situation. There is a > chance that my company will be making some personnel cuts in the next 10 > months or so (pending some state funding decisions). If we cut from the > technology department my job will probably be on the chopping block as I'm > the most junior tech. Knowing this this far in advance is giving me a chance > to look at various options. One of the options I'm considering should my job > be cut is freelancing. > > > > My question is this: on average, what kind of annual income can a > freelance CF dev expect to bring in? I know that it varies quite a bit, but > I'm just wanting to get a general idea to see if I'd be able to bring in a > comparable income to what I have now. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:307591 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
