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Is it fair to charge client for FontAwesome pro license as development charges?
I have to develop a simple presentation website. I own a Pro License of FontAwesome which I used in the application.
I didn't subscribed to the license for the website specifically, but is it fair to include any fee in the invoice as long as I used…
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Service Contract for a Software Product
I built an app for a client recently. He has a bunch of new features that he wants to incorporate into the delivered app in subsequent releases. He asked me for a service contract for the app. I am not sure whether he is asking for a service…
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Client threatening to sue (without a contract)
I was appointed a designer post by a company (that seemed big at the time) and based in London. The man they asked me to get in touch with for the work and updates was a sort of celeb here in India. He claimed the company to be making a new label…
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How to convince customer to buy its own products
I'm an hardware developer and I design PCBs board for my customers, usually on specific orders. I mean, I don't have a "catalog" with available products. When a customer needs a circuit he asks me a quotation and makes an order.
This is the safest…
Mark
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Freelance as software developer without travelling?
I'm a physicist, but I've been working as an employed software developer for several companies in the past seven years, and I've already been a part-time programmer during my university studies. For quite a while now I've considered becomming a…
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Freelancing as a Part time or Full time?
I wish to do freelancing in Upwork as a part-time, Is it worth it or is it nothing worth like a full-time career?
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Do non-USA residents have to pay tax or tax return for US based earning residing and working from own country?
I am resident in, and a citizen of India. My primary source of income is freelance work. My major earnings are for US based Patreon and Fiver companies. I use Payoneer to receive and transfer to the local bank. Patreon asks me to send tax details as…
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How can I access a new client's pre-existing website?
I am an inexperienced web developer, and I have yet to get my first client. I have prospective clients, however I am concerned about pitching them simply because I am unsure as to how I will access their pre-existing website to make changes.…
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What criteria should my web application contain in order to be sold to companies
I'm developping a web application in my free time and i'm planning to sell it to companies, starting with the company in which i'm working for as Web developer.
One of the biggest advantages of this application is that it can suit companies in…
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How to get Fiverr jobs at the beginning
I have been using Fiverr for one month, but I did not make lots of orders up to now. I think I should improve my gig with some attractive way for the users, so what are the key things that can be used to improve my gig to get more jobs?
How should I…
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What is "midlancing", and what is the catch?
I currently work for a quite large company that is well known in the business, and has quite a good name. Before that, I only worked for small companies with highly specialized products, and therefore, they were not known to the general public. Now,…
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Balancing life with productive work with study and research
I am a web designer / developer (front end and back end). I do that proficiently since more than 10 years, and I am appreciated and good skilled in designing and programming. I work alone in a home office. My target business are local clients, small…
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Best ways to start a career in software development?
New developer here and struggling to get around the old Catch 22 of can't get a job without experience and can't get experience without a job. Does anyone have any recommendations as to how to approach this.
I've tried to ask similar questions on…
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How to effectively handle obsessive personal client calls during regular office hours
I have a new local client who simply won't stop calling me during my office hours.
I do attend to calls of all my clients. But he calls me and discusses everything about the project over phone only, which adds to confusion and I also tend to forget…
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Gaining experience and confidence whilst developing coding abilities
So I have recently been teaching myself to code in various languages in order to create some responsive and attractive websites. I am growing in my abilities and could happily build some smaller simpler websites.
My question is whether there is a…
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