the coding test is at the end?

freedom

perhaps pension

not having enough experience

Job security

Finding projects

Having to do taxes on my own

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

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

changing 9-5 to 24h work 😄

Earning more = working more IMO

detachment from product

Having to work to find work

Forgoing stock options

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

not getting paid when being sick

Higher expectations

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

fallback project, when a client backs out?

Finding clients

Pricing yourself for freelance work

unstable

This first step to starting your agency

lol ^

hard to take off

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

but what the difference between job board and freelancer platform

ok thx

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

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?

yes, thanks :)

if you are not accepted onto the platform, can you reapply in the future?

how does the transition from employee to freelancer work?

Do Toptal accept beginners or some development experience is necessary to get into Toptal?

How does taking holiday/leave work as a freelancer?

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

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

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

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?

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

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Could all jobs be done remotely or some require physical attendence?

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

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

:D

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

what about Eurpe :)

How many (percentage) of your freelancers entered in the first attempt?

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

Awesome, thanks

shane.ketterman@toptal.com

do you give feedback about why applicants were not accepted?

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaneketterman/

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

makes sense

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

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

ok, thank you :)

could you paste it here?

Can you paste it into the chat, please ?

yep

can you send it in chat?

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) ?

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

Thx a lot !

It was really interesting, thank you Shane

thanks!

Thanks for the presentation!

thank you

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thank YOU! 🙂

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Thank you !

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Thanks

Thank you :)

thank you!

thanks a lot

Thank you!

thank you!

Thanks