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    A business opp has come my way.. thoughts?

    clients jumping ship or not requiring anymore work for some time are my worst case scenarios, i.e. not making back the money i spent acquiring them.
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    A business opp has come my way.. thoughts?

    I wont be taking on the company, just the clients. the company will inform all clients that i will be taking over all duties so they will fall under my company umbrella. its a way the company will prevent the clients being left out in the cold with no support.
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    A business opp has come my way.. thoughts?

    a local business is deciding to close their doors, and have offered me the opp to take on all their clients, they have gone to great lengths to document ins, outs, everything earnt to date, projected earnings, upcoming work etc for each client. they have put this out to several local companies...
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    Retrain as a plumber and tiler

    Oh i have had perm jobs, stress is no less, just a different flavour. I think i need something new, hands on, less digital!
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    Retrain as a plumber and tiler

    Thanks all. I have pretty much decided to go ahead with it. I don't think it would replace IT, but as a fallback for quieter periods between contracts. The feast / famine environment that working for yourself brings can be stressful, so a second skill would help plug those gaps.
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    Retrain as a plumber and tiler

    I am a software developer in my early forties. I have been in IT for around 20 years. I feel as if i need a change, there isnt a lot left in IT that i havent done. I also enjoy DIY, been doing it for a while for friends and family. I was wondering if it is too late to train as a plumber /...
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    Does my face fit?

    True. At times though, it can be hard accepting It.
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    Does my face fit?

    That was the reaction i was hoping for. I want it to open a debate. I am a realist. I understand that we don't live in a fluffy perfect society where all are loved in equal measure. Growing up in a northern inner city neighbourhood as a kid in the 70's/80's taught me that! I also know how, in...
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    Are you put off websites by too many adverts

    My pet hate are when it adds to the page load time, my browser stutters and sticks when all you want to do is scroll down. As well as adblock, give ghostery a look, https://www.ghostery.com/
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    Does my face fit?

    Not following.. how do you mean?
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    Does my face fit?

    How big a part does your face play in helping clients make decisions? Reason I am asking is that I am in constant competition with someone in the building where i work for projects. He is a lot less experienced (i know as I get emails asking for help) and doesn't have the site or portfolio that...
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    Is freelance web development dying?

    Infinite loops are possible in any language, and strictly speaking testing on a server is never wise, local first! :) Ah yes, PPH, odesk, etc... i would describe such sites as a holding pen for everything that is wrong in the industry. And the good guys on there, like you say, charge the...
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    Is freelance web development dying?

    I am not surprised you were struggling to find classic asp developers, it's a language that hasn't been used for quite some time, and developers/agencies go where the demand is. As for PHP and when you say scarier, how do you mean?
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    What is it really like running a web agency?

    As a freelancer, what would help me in understanding how to work with agencies, would be to know what it is like to run one. My definition of an agency is one that has its own office, with several employees, directors, etc. I hear a lot from friends that run them, that they spend most of their...
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    Is freelance web development dying?

    Agencies charging many thousands is a problem that exists in many industries, and as a result, we are all tarred with the same brush. I agree that it is easier than it has ever been to create a small brochure site, it's when the business outgrows wordpress and it's plugins that they come looking...
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