jtrtoo

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by jtrtoo 4y ago
Everyone is going to have a different answer to this (and that answer may evolve as the business does). All business decisions like this are about what level of abstraction is appropriate for us (today) and what level of specialization is
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by jtrtoo 4y ago
Yes, but it's much harder to have a legally enforceable SLA with your in-house team and much less fun to threaten to sue yourself. [On the other hand, in-house gives you greater control. If you're good (enough) at alignment and ex
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by jtrtoo 4y ago
I find it a mixture of frustrating and amusing the services (and software) that sell enterprise level packages but won't accept anything more than "free" from me either personally or my (tiny) business. I don't even need
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by jtrtoo 4y ago
1. Don't expect you'll be cost effective for all potential clients that come to you with this sort of situation. 2. Charge a fixed fee - or even hourly - to figure out wtf is going on and assess things. This is effectively a disco
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by jtrtoo 4y ago
They don't send you stuff every month. You pay a fixed monthly price for a certain number of pages of whatever color/quality you want along with some page count rollover benefits. You no longer buy cartridges. The printer phones h
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by jtrtoo 4y ago
Check the OEM's manual. There are nearly always options in the BIOS to disable. Also Intel's AMT engine rolls by during POST. You can do a <Ctrl-P> to go into the AMT (not BIOS) settings to see provisioning status and/o
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Social media engagement algorithms and the illusion of choice(blog.jakelacaze.com)
2 points by jtrtoo 4y ago|0 comments
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by jtrtoo 4y ago
A 2x hourly rate (on a contract basis) only nets out to ~1x FTE over a typical year. (I'm speaking generally of course). The 2x doesn't come for free nor is it just for PTO & health - it's paying for all the non billable
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by jtrtoo 4y ago
The costs of insurance should be built into your service pricing, just as a traditional employer builds their own employee costs into their pricing.
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64.7% of my freelancing income since 2007 has been recurring(twitter.com)
3 points by jtrtoo 5y ago|0 comments
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Freelancing 101 / a.k.a. “How to Freelance”(twitter.com)
7 points by jtrtoo 5y ago|0 comments
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by jtrtoo 5y ago
Well said.
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by jtrtoo 5y ago
So don't use unofficial ones. :) Plenty of primary sources package their software for Docker these days.
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Bend business networking to your will(joshrichards.net)
2 points by jtrtoo 6y ago|0 comments
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A business is a ship at sail(joshrichards.net)
1 points by jtrtoo 6y ago|0 comments
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Employee-like cash flow for freelancers(joshrichards.net)
2 points by jtrtoo 6y ago|0 comments
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15 ways to get paid with less hassle as a freelancer (or consultant)(joshrichards.net)
3 points by jtrtoo 6y ago|0 comments
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A few cash flow tips for IT consultants(joshrichards.net)
1 points by jtrtoo 6y ago|0 comments
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by jtrtoo 7y ago
Which HP? There are two now. Enterprise (HPE) or Inc (HPQ)
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by jtrtoo 7y ago
Hi. That's quite a topic! I've been consulting as my primary source of income going on 13 years consecutively (and consulting / freelancing for far longer than that). I occasionally post about my experiences. Perhaps you&#x27
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Standard Notes – A Simple and Private Notes App(standardnotes.org)
2 points by jtrtoo 8y ago|0 comments
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Democrats, Stop Pretending to Be Socialists(wsj.com)
3 points by jtrtoo 8y ago|1 comments
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Encrypt Your Dropbox and Google Drive with Standard Notes FileSafe(listed.standardnotes.org)
2 points by jtrtoo 8y ago|0 comments
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by jtrtoo 8y ago
Fair enough. It does mention using them promptly after acquisition. I suppose I overlooked some folks might not realize beans have a shelf life. And not all beans on the shelf are sealed. Fortunately, most beans in my experience are sealed
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by jtrtoo 8y ago
For espresso, absolutely. For brewed coffee, debatable. The post was about the least so some corners were cut, albeit quite deliberately.
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The least you need to know to experience the joy of better brewed coffee(joshrichards.net)
9 points by jtrtoo 8y ago|12 comments
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by jtrtoo 8y ago
Interesting work. I currently utilize Bench ( https://bench.co ) for my outsourced bookkeeping needs in my solo consulting practice. I'm quite happy with them, but if you're not aware of them it might give you an idea of
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by jtrtoo 8y ago
I like your way of thinking about it and how you worded it. Regardless of whether a guarantee is offered upfront, there is going to be a mess if the client isn't satisfied. The way I think about it is: I might as well use it to everyon
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How to Immediately Start Closing More Freelancing Deals(joshrichards.wordpress.com)
4 points by jtrtoo 8y ago|2 comments
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by jtrtoo 8y ago
That seems fine, but it doesn't really change whether you should ask for some of the overall fees upfront. :-) I've moved almost entirely away from hourly billing, but where it does pop up there is generally a different fee for cl

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