Freelancing and JavaVictor Kalinin

Who is Freelancer

● Not employed by company● Looks for projects by himself

Freelancing Online● Using specialized services

How

works?

bidding

About Myself● Doing Freelancing for 2 years● Specializing in Java

Freedom

Free schedule

Working place can be sea side,

coffee, even due travelling

Living place (do not need go to work)

Avoid any kind of TRAFFIC

(even in supermarkets)

Choose environment (language, tools,...)

You choose projects,

not vice versa

Self improvement

Time planning (personal, project)

Marketing Skills

English language skills

Professional skills

Client/Project search

● Search by keyword, section (web, desktop...)

● Java != JavaScript

● PHP projects, Scala, JavaEE● Projects, where programming

languages not specified

How to make client chose me

● References● Tests

● Personalized proposals● Remember about

○ client programming knowledge level

○ detailed project reading○ when is better to post proposal

● Write Demo application

Money

● How to be sure client will pay you, escrow

● Payment methods (wire transfer, paypal)

● System fee ~8%

Most popular project themes

● CMS● Web spider● Web shops● Android + iPhone

Pros+ self improvement+ schedule and place flexibility+ additional earnings (no other personal, foreign countries clients)+ save some time employees spent in traffic

Cons- not permanent earnings- spent additional time to management- interruptions from client- additional expenses (software, hardware, services)- lack of communication with colleagues (coworking can solve this problem)- No QA (actually you can create a team)

Why Java?

● It’s statically typed (helps IDE automation)● It’s multi-platform (compare to Python)● Lots of frameworks, tools● I know it (actually bad reason)

Java problems

● Not embedded in OS - clients should install it or I should add it to project (80 Mb). Problems with demo.

● Not supported by iStore● Android - lot of clients want also iPhone● Lack of popular CMS. PHP area.

Tools

● Maven● IntelliJ IDEA● No bug trackers (clients prefer emails)

Most Interesting Projects

GPS objects photo marker

Scanned notebook processing

Java Advanced Image API (JAI)Hough transform

Thank You!

Questions

Freelancing services

http://www.elance.com/http://www.freelancer.com/http://www.getacoder.com/http://www.guru.com/https://www.odesk.com/

My contact info:e-mail: mercurievv@gmail.comSkype: grobokopytoff

or mercurievv