Work sucks, but how was your day?
by Aneal on Jul.13, 2010, under Slacking off
Yea, lately I’ve been finding it harder and harder to get motivated at the office. I just sit there and stare at my queue. I know the work isn’t going anywhere (because mostly I’m the only one in the office who does certain tasks), but I just don’t really care lately.
I’ve been doing just the bare minimum for the last couple of months. Now if they would come through and pay a brother what he’s worth, I might consider getting down and dirty again. But man, how long can they jerk me around? I suppose the real question is, how long will I allow them to jerk me around?
I don’t ask for much. Just a competitive salary for the responsibilities that I have. That’s all. Sorry, ranting now.
I ain’t got time to code
by Aneal on Jul.09, 2010, under Web Dev
So a friend of mine has hired me to build a website for his motorcycle club. Doing freelance web design can be tough. Mostly because the client rarely has any concrete info for you. They’ll say “maybe we could have a …” or “it might be cool if we …”. You learn to roll w/ the punches in this kind of business. My advice to you all is to build a couple dozen templates in your spare time. Offer each of these templates to your potential clients and let them pick and choose features that they like: “I’ll take header ‘A’ with background ‘4′ and font ‘W’. Should cut down on dev time considerably. Just be sure to use CSS to speed things up.
Oh, and if they say we want a store/flash anything, make sure you let them know that it’ll cost a LOT more.
Rant done.
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