Software Consulting Tips & Advice | From 4 Years of Experience

This video contains a lot of the information that I have learned over the last four years of being a software consultant. I hope you learn something from it. Let me know your thoughts, comments, and recommendations in the comments below.
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[@FaradayAcademy]

Thanks for watching. Let me know if you have more recommendations for software consulting. Check out my Twitch channel: www.twitch.tv/faradayacademy

[@programmer2625]

Can I ask you if raspberry will help me to host my sites for free with mysql database

[@dontdoit6986]

I currently work for a firm, but I would love to start my own consultancy. You are preaching to the choir! Great advice.

[@seanspence2289]

Thank you Faraday. This was quite informative and clear. I have learnt alot on my journey to being a Software developer. I'll be checking your other vids too.

[@oz2770]

I'm gonna leave a like and come back to this later. Thanks for the upload.

[@Ash-ui7sp]

Did you ever come back?

[@temetnosce7482]

Nice Gwen! Appreciate your take on this - everyone's journey is different! You have a great understanding of client relationship - expectation management and not selling yourself short, but it's also nice to see your candor about the challenges you've had and how shyness can make it challenging - same here! It's awesomet that you've been able to be selective in the jobs - I'm also a django/vue.js fan (I don't like facebook so it's been hard to get excited about react, plus I just like the Evan has designed things) and I've been somewhat disappointed that vue hasn't taken off more. Another possible cool video for you to do would be your estimation process (for agile and/or bidding projects.)

[@programmer2625]

Thanks for this video it's really going to help us

[@SoumyaDassrd]

Gwen, thanks for your video on Software Consultant, it's really helpful.

[@samuelhinshelwoodjr]

This is so helpful, thank you so much for this

[@tsendnorovnyamdavaa573]

thanks very detailed, clear, helpful video

[@anridavids2859]

Great content, thanks for the video!

[@oyejohnson]

love your hair cut.

[@94sl]

Thank you very much for an informative video. Coming from your Traversy Gridsome spotlight. Subscribed. 👍

[@Sean-jw9cf]

Hey great video! Could you just add timestamps to make it easier to get to the info needed?

[@fireflysemanticsmedia6267]

Brilliant!! Keep it up!!

[@humorhavenmedia]

Great video and explanation!

[@sumathikh]

Great vid. What are the size of company that take an independent contractor for consulting? And how does the interview process looks like? What are the details covered during the interview?

[@terrancebell7460]

Make that video hourly vs project based

[@sjtkumar978]

thanks mam

[@alrifay]

what happened to your hand in 29:36 ? 😂 I have an idea (from this video) to do on a live stream. 😁 Can you make a desktop/web application to manage your hours/tasks(in 22:57) using Vue js & Electron js? you can add the list of client and hourly rate. it should have a button(start working) that you click it when you start working. after you finish click on stop that will open a popup contains the time you worked for the client, how mush you are going to bill so far and a description box to type the tasks you have done. it can generate a report after you finish the job contains all the details about the project and the final price. Sorry for the bad English. 😅

[@FaradayAcademy]

|That is a good idea. I added it to my list. thanks

[@alrifay]

@@FaradayAcademy Thank you for responding. 😊

[@adriankettle]

Taylor Mason from Billions.

[@iamafasha]

So nice bannage ( fellas ). I have to watch more than once till I understand the way your so organized 🙃🙃🙃 . Yes, make it make it...... Good clients bad clients

[@430-y5p]

hey do software consultants work for themselves or with a firm?

[@yondamhokage1977]

is software consultant is programming

[@FaradayAcademy]

Yes, I think the majority of all software consulting work is programming for billable hours. I’ve also had clients hire me to train or pair program with their employees using certain technologies. Some clients also hire for general advice around building a certain type of thing or helping with specific architecture needs; which is more about gathering information about their systems and drawing up some diagrams, and then writing a proposal or design doc.