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It will sometimes come up that a prospect or client asks you to implement something that's either too vague to work or a flat-out bad idea. What should you do in this situation? Join us to learn more. View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Links of the week: This round-up of application portfolio management tools from our friends at Enov8. Regression testing for Workday , from our friends at Tricentis (also in German and Japanese ).…

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Is Strategic Advice a Good Up-Sell for a Programmer? 29:37

5 weeks ago29:37

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If you're a programmer (or, generally, a labor-based freelancer), is it a good idea to sell strategic advice as a kind of "up-sell" to your normal offering? Join us to learn more. View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Links of the week: An Introductory Guide to Application Portfolio Management A beginner's guide to volume testing…

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How Should I Price an Hour-Long Training Session? 24:33

9 weeks ago24:33

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I do a lot of theory in this series, but here's something practical. How would I recommend someone price an hour-long training session to teach social media tactics to a salesforce? Join us to learn more. View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Links of the week: Sprint Scheduling: A Guide to Your Agile Calendar Not only do our friends at Tricentis offer Tosca, a powerful end-to-end testing tool , they also have sites available in these languages: French Japanese and German !…

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How Should I Handle a Non-Compete Agreement from a Client? 25:28

14 weeks ago25:28

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Sometimes, a client may ask you to sign a non-compete agreement as a prerequisite for engaging with them. Should you do it? How should you handle this situation in general? Join us to learn more. View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Links of the week: How regression testing is performed An Introductory Guide to Application Portfolio Management What is Security Automation? Benefits, Types & Best Practices What Is Software Testing? All the Basics You Need to Know…

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How Can You Move to Niching and Value Pricing? 24:10

20 weeks ago24:10

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The default with freelancing is to charge by the hour and do generalist work. You might have, however, heard of value pricing and heard the idea that you should establish a niche. How should you go about doing that? View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Links of the week: Test Suites and Their Test Cases: The Hierarchy Explained Challenges in mobile testing and how to solve them What is A/B Deployment (aka A/B Testing) What is Data Lineage? An Explanation and Example…

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Does Having More Leads Mean You Can Raise Your Rates? 23:17

24 weeks ago23:17

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As you grow your business successfully, you'll have more demand for your work and, thus, more leads. Does that naturally mean you can raise your rates? The answer is more complex than you might think. View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Links of the week: UI test automation: What it is and how to get started Testim, a fast and flexible authoring of AI-powered end-to-end tests—built for scale Enterprise Intelligence – Migrating & Managing the Cloud Database Virtualization Tools…

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Is It Worth It to Bring in Subcontractors? 22:58

26 weeks ago22:58

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If you establish a practice and start to earn a good bit of business, sooner or later you'll have to contend with the decision of whether or not to bring on subcontractors to help you. Should you do it? View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Link of the week: Get Started With Salesforce QA and Testing: A Tutorial…

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Will ChatGPT Replace Freelance Programming? 18:20

27 weeks ago18:20

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I resisted talking about ChatGPT as long as humanly possible, but I did wind up getting a question in the backlog about it. So, will ChatGPT replace freelance programming? View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Links of the week: How to Do Test Data Management in Agile: 8 Best Practices Android testing: An easy introduction with examples…

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Freelancer or Self Employed: What Should You Call Yourself? 18:24

28 weeks ago18:24

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If you go into business for yourself, what should you call yourself? Freelancer? Self-employed? Something else? View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Link of the week: Enov8: The IT & Test Environments Management Company

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What Bookkeeping Software Should I Use to Freelance? 23:37

29 weeks ago23:37

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If you're thinking of hanging out your shingle or have just done so, you might wonder whether to use bookkeeping software and, if so, what to use. I have a surprisingly specific and opinionated answer for this one. View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Link of the month: TEM Metrics - Test Environment Management (DOT) Com…

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How Freelancers Can Avoid Self Employment Tax 22:39

31 weeks ago22:39

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When you go off on your own, at least in the US, you might be in for a rude tax awakening. In this video, I talk about what self-employment tax is, and what you can do about it. View this podcast as a video on YouTube . Links of the Month: An in-depth look at spike testing with examples Follow our podcast at Iheart! Automate web and mobile testing with AI Metrics vs. Logs: When to Use Each in Your Telemetry Stack DORA Metrics Dashboard: How to Build One, With Examples…

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Which Meetings with Clients Should I Bill For? 17:17

32 weeks ago17:17

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You're a freelancer and doing regular work with your clients. If you bill by the hour or, more generally, for time and materials, which meetings should you bill the clients for? View this podcast as a video on YouTube . Links of the Month: What are the different types of release management? Follow our podcast at Buzzsprout Follow our podcast at Listennotes…

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When Do You Look Too Much Like an Employee? 22:20

33 weeks ago22:20

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Freelancers, especially newbie freelancers, can find themselves caught in situations where their only, large, 40-hour-per week client starts to treat them more like an employee than a freelancer. What should you do? View this podcast as a video on YouTube . Links of the month: End-to-end testing for enterprise business processes Check out our new State of the Business newsletter…

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Is California a Bad Place to Start a Business or Practice? 23:42

35 weeks ago23:42

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I've been asked this more than once, but eventually got around to doing a video about it. Rumor has it that California is "business-unfriendly," and, if you live there, you should start a business in another state. What's my take on that? View this podcast as a video on YouTube. Links of the week: Salesforce Test Automation: What Every Engineer Should Know Key Components of a CI/CD Pipeline…

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Should I Run Away If Someone Offers Equity? 24:38

36 weeks ago24:38