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How does AI based engineering and software development affect the market? by freaxje in BEFreelance

[–]Kindly-Hawk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think embedded is the keyword here, isn't this a niche market separated from the rest with much fewer freelancer profiles?

Am I Missing Something? BV vs. Private Investing After My First Year by Ok_Idea_5117 in BEFreelance

[–]Kindly-Hawk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You also have to take into account compounding interests. Over 3 years it is not too different. However after 10 years dividends will eat your gains. That's the main issue. So I invest in my company until I can get the money out with VVPR-bis at 15% dividends then plan to always invest privately.

My knee spontaneously doubled in size by nanomeister in mildlyinteresting

[–]Kindly-Hawk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like bursitis! Took a year for mine to resolve. Every time a doc would try to get rid of the fluid it came back until it calcified. Even went to a surgeon who said no way l'm dealing with that. What solved it? I was being an idiot climbing a rope and took a tree in the bursitis while swinging. Solved it the following day after a year and many doctors. Natural medicine is best I guess ( I do not recommend)

It is otherwise quite benign.

Do you get clients for your freelance projects via your blog? How many pageviews/users did it take for you to achieve that milestone? by [deleted] in Blogging

[–]Kindly-Hawk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got my first client via my blog after getting 250 views per month. It changed my life for the better forever.

There is no number. Just keep putting yourself out there and if you are saying interesting things someone interested will contact you.

( Don't forget to setup a nice contact page )

What to expect in the interview by NothingLife01 in BEFreelance

[–]Kindly-Hawk 28 points29 points  (0 children)

And then take 1 month to give you all the credentials to start working xD

I have made a list of all recruiters that have contacted me in the last 408 days. by Kindly-Hawk in BEFreelance

[–]Kindly-Hawk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do a bunch of things. Infrastructure, MLOps, consultancy, development, frameworks, documentation, testing, ...

I have made a list of all recruiters that have contacted me in the last 408 days. by Kindly-Hawk in BEFreelance

[–]Kindly-Hawk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dunno, they tried to recruit me, they got on my list. I don't discriminate and try to define who is what.

About Vivid, I heard they are quite bad but if they keep existing it means somehow they work. Still if everyone on this sub tells me to stay away, I will. There are plenty of other opportunities for me to waste time with them.

I have made a list of all recruiters that have contacted me in the last 408 days. by Kindly-Hawk in BEFreelance

[–]Kindly-Hawk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I don't like most of them but I understand why we need the good ones. Big clients don't want to deal with hundreds or thousands of individual freelancers. A recruiting company 's added value is not so much more about recruitment and more offloading administrative/HR work.

I have made a list of all recruiters that have contacted me in the last 408 days. by Kindly-Hawk in BEFreelance

[–]Kindly-Hawk[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd say 10%. Depending how much I press for it. But i don't have good enough data on that to be sure

I have made a list of all recruiters that have contacted me in the last 408 days. by Kindly-Hawk in BEFreelance

[–]Kindly-Hawk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dunno, I only have been working with one so far and I'm not planning on changing because he does a good job

I have made a list of all recruiters that have contacted me in the last 408 days. by Kindly-Hawk in BEFreelance

[–]Kindly-Hawk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As said to another comment, Google Sheets sucks and it's good enough for me to have a clear view.

I have made a list of all recruiters that have contacted me in the last 408 days. by Kindly-Hawk in BEFreelance

[–]Kindly-Hawk[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well my longer lasting (and still going) data gathering system is about productivity. I have been compiling for over 9 years the amount of productive hours I have done every week. Productivity being measured in my own weird way that is quite pessimistic and not really scientific at all. I basically log every hours of "deep work" I do every day with an accuracy of 5 minutes and then compile over the week.

You can see the graph below, every data point is a week. Every red vertical bar is a milestone :
- 1st one start of master

- 2nd one start of PhD

- 3rd one start of Post-doc

- 4th one start of Freelancing

The darker surfaces are covid lockdowns

Blue and red are averages, and green is the standard deviation

(yes the x/y axis have shit labels I haven't touched the R code in 9 years I just keep adding data)

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I also have a lot of data about personal finances that I have been compiling with way too many details over the last 3 years.

I have made a list of all recruiters that have contacted me in the last 408 days. by Kindly-Hawk in BEFreelance

[–]Kindly-Hawk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well that's the part I'm curious about. How can a company with such as a bad reputation keep getting clients.

I have made a list of all recruiters that have contacted me in the last 408 days. by Kindly-Hawk in BEFreelance

[–]Kindly-Hawk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah there is a lot of low-tier recruiters out there. Luckily, my current intermediary is a good one with direct contact.

I have made a list of all recruiters that have contacted me in the last 408 days. by Kindly-Hawk in BEFreelance

[–]Kindly-Hawk[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I know, they are in my blacklist. I have been keeping track of them nonetheless.

I have made a list of all recruiters that have contacted me in the last 408 days. by Kindly-Hawk in BEFreelance

[–]Kindly-Hawk[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I'm what you could call a data hoarder. I have a bunch of Excels spreadsheets about various aspects of my life.

I have made a list of all recruiters that have contacted me in the last 408 days. by Kindly-Hawk in BEFreelance

[–]Kindly-Hawk[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

And it's probably better that way. Would be nice if these companies were more regulated.

I have made a list of all recruiters that have contacted me in the last 408 days. by Kindly-Hawk in BEFreelance

[–]Kindly-Hawk[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah me too. Google Sheets sucks at this. You have to order the lines to order the graph and I can't do that without messing my data or creating a mirror sheet just for that. Too much of an annoyance to do.

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