cahlansharp

Although the homonym "nappy" is unfortunate, I can see my family using this. Here's to hoping it delivers on its promise.

I've found that other programmers are one of the best places to get your first few gigs from. The best programmers are too swamped to take on extra work, and many are eager to refer rejected clients on to someone they can make a solid recommendation for.

So I would personally try to network with some well-known, talented folks in your own community and let them know you're looking. If they trust you and are good, you'll likely get referrals.

From there, if you treat your clients well and do good work, freelance will find you. You'll quickly find yourself having to say "no" to too much work. Word of mouth is a very powerful referral source when it comes to contract work. It can also work against you very powerfully if you don't do a good job or screw anyone over.

Caleb did a great job in the iOS class. Super impressed with what he's built and how far he's come.

the one in the article doesn't!

Sorry I didn't convey that well enough. I was mostly addressing this to programmers in my region who seem much more risk averse than many of my colleagues in other places (like SF) and yet complain about missed opportunities.

Yeah, I hope I didn't convey the T.V. video game thing too heavy handedly. I just get tired of people complaining about missed opportunities when they waste so much of their time and don't take risks. I use wind-down activities all the time. Cheers.

Note that I didn't say you needed to work 100 hour weeks. I don't think that you should spend all your time at the laptop, in fact I specifically mentioned helping others and family as a really important investment of time.

I just think talking yourself out of working extra hours when you waste a lot of those extra hours is just self deception.

did my comment require disclosure? Were we not supposed to be excited for this?

great read. Bugs me that investors expect entrepreneurs to be so forthcoming and commital, when they are anything but.