RS: How To Design A Sustainable Freelance/Contracting Career + Speedcoding Challenge / Toptal
- Shared screen with speaker view

17:38
the coding test is at the end?

17:52
freedom

20:36
perhaps pension

20:42
not having enough experience

20:42
Job security

20:44
Finding projects

20:53
Having to do taxes on my own

20:56
job security - looks like contractors get fired first when there is a problem

20:59
Coming up against a challenge, not being able to solve it within a specific timeframe and then get fired

21:03
changing 9-5 to 24h work 😄

21:11
Earning more = working more IMO

21:12
detachment from product

21:13
Having to work to find work

21:13
Forgoing stock options

21:14
being isolated from co-workers. Freelancers aren't really inside the company

21:15
not getting paid when being sick

21:20
Higher expectations

21:27
all the trouble about being employed in a foreign country which taxes from what countries ?

21:31
fallback project, when a client backs out?

21:41
Finding clients

21:53
Pricing yourself for freelance work

21:55
unstable

22:36
This first step to starting your agency

22:47
lol ^

22:57
hard to take off

38:21
I missed the first minute so maybe I missed an explanation of the particularities of TopTal

38:41
but what the difference between job board and freelancer platform

39:47
ok thx

50:33
for later: could you please share some good branding examples?

51:04
Q: You’ve mentioned sourcing another project close to the end of the current one. How do you handle delays, or say if the first client wants an extra feature that would take a few weeks, without harming your relationship with the second client?

58:47
yes, thanks :)

01:04:16
if you are not accepted onto the platform, can you reapply in the future?

01:06:48
how does the transition from employee to freelancer work?

01:08:07
Do Toptal accept beginners or some development experience is necessary to get into Toptal?

01:08:08
How does taking holiday/leave work as a freelancer?

01:08:47
can u also apply for doing projects on secondary occupation? (besides my full time other job)

01:09:04
Can you work freelance alongside a full-time job? I often find that despite having to work 8 hours a day, I get my workload completed in 2-3 hours and have lots of free time in the day

01:10:49
Are there any restrictions on which countries Toptal does not accept developers from? Specifically countries in Africa in particular…

01:10:49
If you take the exam for one technology (eg. Front end), but later develop a new technology (eg. full stack), do you need to take the exam again for the new technology?

01:13:32
Is all the communication between freelancer and client direct, or any project management by TT? Including regarding the tech questions?

01:14:35
👍

01:14:46
😄

01:15:38
Could all jobs be done remotely or some require physical attendence?

01:17:46
Q: Do you think location matters? How do you address clients that expect lower fees because of your location?

01:19:20
Where does the number 3% come from? 97% are rejected ? :)

01:19:33
:D

01:19:49
So for starting to work as a freelancer we have to establish an LLC? we can not start without that?

01:20:34
what about Eurpe :)

01:20:43
How many (percentage) of your freelancers entered in the first attempt?

01:20:51
I have to leave early, unfortunately. Can I revisit the slides and the recordings later?

01:21:10
Awesome, thanks

01:22:00
shane.ketterman@toptal.com

01:23:04
do you give feedback about why applicants were not accepted?

01:23:05
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaneketterman/

01:23:16
👍

01:24:54
👍

01:24:57
Q: How do you raise your fees for existing clients? (in general, not Toptal specific)

01:26:39
makes sense

01:29:08
last question from me 😅Q: How do you move the discussion from an hourly rate to a project fee?

01:30:56
Q: Is it the same speed coding challenge every time or does the challenge change?

01:31:33
ok, thank you :)

01:32:16
could you paste it here?

01:32:19
Can you paste it into the chat, please ?

01:32:23
yep

01:32:25
can you send it in chat?

01:32:56
can we pass the test from Toptal, just tu evaluate ourself in order to maybe start as a freelancer later (in the year for example) ?

01:33:11
https://speedcoding.toptal.com/challenge?ch=react-summit-2022

01:33:16
Thx a lot !

01:36:22
It was really interesting, thank you Shane

01:36:25
thanks!

01:36:27
Thanks for the presentation!

01:36:28
thank you

01:36:28
ty!

01:36:30
thank YOU! 🙂

01:36:30
thanks

01:36:31
Thank you !

01:36:31
thanks

01:36:33
Thanks

01:36:34
Thank you :)

01:36:34
thank you!

01:36:36
thanks a lot

01:36:38
Thank you!

01:36:38
thank you!

01:36:42
Thanks