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Freelancing and Consulting with Data Engineering - Adrian Brudaru
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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
Jun 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
We talked about:
Adrian’s background
Freelancing vs Employment
Risk and occupancy rate in freelancing
The scariest part of freelancing
Adrian’s first projects
Freelancing 5 years later
Pay rates in freelancing
Acquiring skills while freelancing
Working with recruitment agencies and networking
Looking for projects and getting clients
Freelancing vs consulting
Clarity in clients’ expectations (scope of work)
Building your network
Freelancing platforms
Adrian’s data loading prototype
Going from freelancing to making your own product (and other investments)
The usefulness of a portfolio
Introverts in freelancing
Is it possible to work for 3 months a year in freelancing?
Choosing projects and skill-building strategy (focusing on interests)
Freelancing in Berlin
Clients’ expectations for freelancers vs employees
Working with more than one client at the same time
Adrian’s freelance cooperative on Slack
Other advice for novice freelancers (networking)
Finding Adrian online
Links:
Github: https://github.com/scale-vector
Slack Community: https://join.slack.com/t/berlindatacol-szn7050/shared_invite/zt-19dp8msp0-pP4Av3_fVFBbsdrzPROEAg
MLOps Zoomcamp: https://github.com/DataTalksClub/mlops-zoomcamp
Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html
Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html
Adrian’s background
Freelancing vs Employment
Risk and occupancy rate in freelancing
The scariest part of freelancing
Adrian’s first projects
Freelancing 5 years later
Pay rates in freelancing
Acquiring skills while freelancing
Working with recruitment agencies and networking
Looking for projects and getting clients
Freelancing vs consulting
Clarity in clients’ expectations (scope of work)
Building your network
Freelancing platforms
Adrian’s data loading prototype
Going from freelancing to making your own product (and other investments)
The usefulness of a portfolio
Introverts in freelancing
Is it possible to work for 3 months a year in freelancing?
Choosing projects and skill-building strategy (focusing on interests)
Freelancing in Berlin
Clients’ expectations for freelancers vs employees
Working with more than one client at the same time
Adrian’s freelance cooperative on Slack
Other advice for novice freelancers (networking)
Finding Adrian online
Links:
Github: https://github.com/scale-vector
Slack Community: https://join.slack.com/t/berlindatacol-szn7050/shared_invite/zt-19dp8msp0-pP4Av3_fVFBbsdrzPROEAg
MLOps Zoomcamp: https://github.com/DataTalksClub/mlops-zoomcamp
Join DataTalks.Club: https://datatalks.club/slack.html
Our events: https://datatalks.club/events.html
Released:
Jun 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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