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I passed 20 years in December and wrote this about it: https://loufranco.com/blog/it-was-20-years-ago-today

I don't have a lot of readers, but the blog opened some doors for me (and continues to).

> but the blog opened some doors for me (and continues to).

Is there any advice you have in that regard? How do most people contact you?

It’s really just increasing your surface area of luck. When I wrote about iOS dev in 2008, I got contacted by an editor at Manning and then wrote a book. I have had people reach out to ask follow-up questions on a tech post and then hire me for a contract. To be found randomly — write a lot of posts that answer questions people Google (those are the ones I have that get the most hits).

But also, when I applied to my last job, I could show some samples from my blog where I referenced their products (that I had built add-ons to). That’s just writing stuff down about what you are doing.

Finally, I mostly write my thoughts — those get no SEO and aren’t as useful, but are good to send to clients when they ask for my thoughts on some subject.

I have a contact page and I point people to LinkedIn to connect.

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