Freelancing and Consulting with Data Engineering - Adrian Brudaru

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

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