Working From Home: How to declutter the chaos and start focusing on work

Working from home is not only the new trend these days but literally the only way you can work as stringent lockdowns and social distancing ... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 4 years ago

Coronavirus beats common sense: The mystery of viral spread in western nations

According to the latest statistics of the COVID-19 Outbreak Map , Italy has over 47,000 positive cases of Coronavirus disease and France has... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 4 years ago

One Richard Stallman isn't enough

We live in a world full of materialist and greedy capitalists who don't give a crap about individual liberties and freedoms. RMS i... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 4 years ago

X-Functionality: Coders Should Indulge More in Discipline, Testers in Technology

Cross-functional teams are the latest buzzword in the Agile industry these days. Everyone should know about everything in a team to the exte... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 4 years ago

Do yourself a favor and skim your software project of all non-technical people

The world is evolving and so is Agile. Competition is forcing all IT shops to make their processes more lean, more efficient and more profit... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 4 years ago

Agile of the Avengers – The myth of flat hierarchies and T-shaped engineers

The world is changing fast and so is the world of Agile. The Agile I had experienced when I worked as programmer at my last IT Services firm... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 4 years ago

Cracking the Chaos – Tips on reading and debugging other programmer's code

Most IT firms where I worked as programmer were IT services industry, there was very little greenfield work and most of the time we had to m... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 4 years ago

“We Don't Need a Project Manager” – The Agile of the New Age Communists

I worked as a programmer at several IT firms which practiced Agile in some form or other, there used to be stand-ups, scrums, TDD, code revi... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 4 years ago

All forms of “Writer's Block” are either an Inspiration problem or Input problem

Writing is hard, there is no doubt about it. The internet keeps generating lots of noise every second which sort of gives the impression tha... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 4 years ago

Some Berliners Trolled Trump by Shipping Him a Piece of the Berlin Wall

Today is the 30th anniversary of the fall of Berlin Wall. Exactly 30 years ago on 09th November, 1989 , the Berlin Wall was decommissioned a... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 4 years ago

Blockers bring down content quality by depriving content creators of incentive

In general, most people hate it when they see Adsense ads on the internet, so they install blockers which block these ads. They do this in o... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 4 years ago

Writing contract winning proposals is more of an art than a science

While writing a bid or proposal for winning a contract on Fiverr or Upwork, its always important to consider what kind of audience you ar... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 4 years ago

Keep Writing Always – Procrastination is the Writer's only enemy in 90% of cases

I've observed that most of the difficulty while "trying to write" lies in the fact that it is seemingly so difficult or even impossible to p... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 4 years ago

Blogging is a great way for freelancers to leverage or supplement their income

Everyone isn't an expert or specialist in the freelancing world, and even the so-called experts have to bow down before the gods of supply a... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 4 years ago

Unable to find inspiration/mood for writing? Try this simple+effective technique

I've recently read about this technique in a book and like to share the same with you. Frankly, I'm not an expert or wizard in writing, Engl... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 4 years ago

The power of rituals and how to use it to solve your problems

One of the biggest problems faced by a beginner freelancer is often the motivation problem, especially if you happened to work in a day job ... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 4 years ago

How to filter out bad clients like a pro – A guide to freelancers

Whether its Upwork, Guru, Freelancer or any other marketplace, bad clients abound in numbers and at this time, they probably even outnumber ... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 4 years ago

Advice to Freelancers and Digital Nomads: Have a Good Night's Sleep

If you are one of those freelance programmers or writers who are so obsessed with their work that they keep postponing their sleep, then sto... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 4 years ago

Increase your worth as freelancer by providing value, not by lowering the price

On sites like Upwork, freelancers have become a fully fledged commodity these days. The client doesn't care that I communicate timely in goo... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 4 years ago

How to Break the Impostor Syndrome – A Guide to Freelance Programmers

Unlike programmers who work on day jobs, freelancers cannot choose their programming stack or skills they work on. Depending on market deman... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 4 years ago

Fiverr is a happier marketplace than Upwork as there is no race to the bottom

A long time ago, I used to work on Upwork but I no longer do today, I've completely switched to Fiverr for all my freelancing projects and I... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 4 years ago

Full Stack vs. Expert: The Freelancer's Dilemma

To specialize or to be a generalist is one of the most important decision to take when you start freelancing (especially web development) an... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 4 years ago

Organization of Complexity: A Five Step Implementation

Life is complex. There are a wide variety of problems you have to face in life and career, and especially so if you are a freelance programm... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 5 years ago

Pomodoro and EBS: Two Classical Techniques to Measure a Developer's Productivity

In this post, I'd like to mention about two techniques which can be useful to both employers and freelancers (or even regular employees). ... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 5 years ago

Sincerity and Humility: Two Tools to Ensure Success in Your Freelancing Career

As a freelance programmer, approaching a client, marketing your skills to them, writing a proposal and executing a job is a science in itsel... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 5 years ago

Hiring Freelancers Online: Exposing the Myths and Superstitions

Hiring freelancers and getting work done from them remotely is a very efficient and cost-effective strategy for employers, especially those ... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 5 years ago

Hire Freelancers the Right Way by Avoiding Costly Fees on Platforms Like Upwork

If you are an employer looking online for freelance talent to get your work done, be it programmers, designers, testers or anyone else, chan... | Continue reading


@freelancemag.blogspot.com | 5 years ago