Weekly discussion by freelancers and professionals about running a business, finding clients, marketing, and lifestyle related to being a freelancer.
Episode 427: Scaling a Freelance Business into an Agency - TFS 390
Petra and our guest Kevin discuss the various elements that go into getting a freelance business to the next level of growth (if you choose) including systems, marketing, employees (including a few what not to do stories!) and sales. We'll discuss how we overcame certain challenges, and the one secret that caused Kevin's business to go from a team of three to a team of 25 within a short timeframe. Panel Petra Manos Guest Kevin Urrutia Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links The E-Myth Revisited Coding Platform for Kids | Tynker #1 Facebook Ads Agency Twitter: Kevin Urrutia ( @danest ) Picks Kevin- DotCom Secrets Petra- A Series of Unfortunate Events
Episode 425: The 3 Essentials for Successful Job Outcomes - BONUS
Chuck dives into the 3 essentials for getting the next successful outcome you want in your career. Whether that's something simple like a raise or something more complex like going freelance, you can achieve it by working on 3 main areas. First, building skills. The most obvious type of skills you'll need is technical skills. However, don't neglect your people skills and your organizational skills as well since you're often paid for how you work with people and enhance their work and how you put your work together in the most efficient ways. Second, building relationships. Often other people will be able to help you find the opportunities or will be the ones to make the decisions that impact your ability to get the outcome you want. Having good relationships is key to having good outcomes. Third, building recognition. Being known for being valuable in important ways allows you to leverage the skills you have to build better relationships and create opportunities to get what you need to get the outcomes you want by giving people what they want. A podcast is a great way to do all three. Chuck explains exactly how that works in this podcast and goes deeper as part of the Dev Influencers Accelerator. Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator
Episode 423: How to Get Hired at a FANG Company - BONUS
Chuck explains what he taught Nathan last week when we asked how to get hired at a FANG (Facebook Apple/Amazon Netflix Google) company. Essentially, it boils down to how to build the skills and knowledge needed to pass the interview. How to build the relationships to get into the door and have the interviewer want you to succeed. And how to build the reputation that has the company wanting you regardless of the outcome. This approach also works for speaking at conferences, selling courses, and other outcomes as well as it's the core of building a successful career as an influencer. Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator
Episode 421: Becoming the Go-To Person in Your Technology Area - BONUS
Chuck was on a strategic call with one of his potential coaching clients talking about cryptocurrencies and realized that this is one of the major reasons that people want to become influencers. Or, rather, that many people aspire to make a difference and/or make money and the best way to do that is to become the person people go to for what you do. So, how do you become the first person people think of when they think of that thing you know how to do? Let Chuck tell you. Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator
Episode 420: Don't Let These Things Keep You From Podcasting - BONUS
Charles talks about the things that get developers stuck when they're trying to start their podcast or other influencer channel. He explains how to get around having those things hamper your journey. Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator
Episode 417: BONUS: Relationships Matter Most
Charles Max Wood talks about how to build, grow, and benefit from positive relationships within programming. He talks about how he's built genuine positive relationships with hundreds of programmers and how he and others have grown from those relationships. He also explains that you get out of relationships what you put into them. Finally, he goes into how to begin to build relationships by building a system of influence you can use on behalf of the people you want relationships with. Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator
Episode 415: BONUS: How Opportunities Come Your Way When You're an Influencer
Charles Max Wood discusses several opportunities that came his way early in his podcasting career and other opportunities that have come to other people after only a couple of podcast episodes. He explains why that happens and how you can use this to create more influence as a developer. Panel Charles Max Wood
Episode 413: BONUS: What is Charles Max Wood’s Biggest Payoff for Being a Dev Influencer?
Charles Max Wood started podcasting because it sounded fun and because he wanted to talk about technology. He learned pretty quickly that it got him access to people who understood the things he wanted to learn. The reasons changed over the years, as Charles explains before he talks about the big payoff he gets now from doing the podcasts. Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator
Episode 411: BONUS: How Jason Weimann Became a Game Developer
Jason Weimann started out as an enthusiast of the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, Everquest. After becoming a software developer and building a collaborative community playing the game, learn how he used his connections to get a job working for the company that made the game, even if it wasn't a job working as a game developer and how that led to a career working on one of the most popular online games of the time. Panel Charles Max Wood Guest Jason Weimann Sponsors Dev Heroes Accelerator
Episode 409: BONUS: Continuing Your Learning Journey by Finding Mentors as an Influencer
Chuck outlines how he's used his podcasts to find mentors to continue his learning journey over 12 years of podcasting. Some mentors have been long lived relationships while others have lasted only a few months or even days. This episode shares Chuck's experience learning from the top people in the development community as a programmer and podcaster. Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Heroes Accelerator
Episode 408: BONUS: How Senior Developers Can Enjoy Learning Like They Were Juniors
Remember the amazing adventure it was to learn a new thing every day as a Junior Developer? It's easy to feel a little stuck or lost as a Senior developer since there aren't roadmaps or people looking to mentor seniors. (Besides Charles Max Wood.) Chuck talks about how he felt that way at different points in his career and how podcasting and connecting with the programming communities helped him get past that. Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Heroes Accelerator
Episode 407: BONUS: How Charles Max Wood Started Podcasting -- And You Can Too
Charles Max Wood goes into the origin story of his podcasting career and how it relates to his programming career. He starts with his interest from a young age in technology and his dreams of being a radio DJ. He moves quickly through college and into his first job after college where he was introduced to podcasts by a co-worker who had purchased an iPod. He calls out several mentors like Gregg Pollack, Eric Berry, Nate Hopkins, Cliff Ravenscraft, David Brady, Dave Jackson, and many more. He then explains what he'd do differently if he were starting today. Join the Dev Heroes Accelerator at https://devchat.tv/hero Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Heroes Accelerator
Episode 406: BONUS: How to get Freelance Clients to Come to You
Charles Max Wood explains how he landed his first 4 freelance clients that took him through a few years of freelancing with only 3 years of experience and a few hundred podcast listeners. Funnily enough, they actually came to him, not the other way around. He explains how he made himself attractive to them and then turned it into a mutually profitable relationship once he had their attention. Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Heroes Accelerator
Episode 405: TFS 389: ENRICHing Your Life with Todd Miller
Todd Miller teaches entrepreneurs how to live a fulfilling life. He's just released his book ENRICH which outlines the process for growing as a person, finding the things that fulfill you, and live without regrets. Panel Charles Max Wood Guest Todd Miller Sponsors Dev Heroes Accelerator Links TODD MILLER Picks Charles- Dev Hero Mastermind Charles- Todd Miller's Books Todd- Spend time with friends
Episode 404: BONUS: Measuring Apps and Entrepreneurship with John-Daniel Trask
John-Daniel Trask, founder and CEO of Raygun, talks about his experience building a monitoring company and about how to measure the speed and quality of your code.