Kick Start your freelance career.

This presentation was developed for undergraduate students of computer engineering to share experience of becoming a freelance software engineer. Also covers many ins and outs of different steps to becoming successful freelancer.

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1. KICK START YOUR FREELANCE CAREER!
2. SO YOU WANT TO BE A FREELANCER?
6. WHY? 1.To explore the potential 2.To sharpen your expertise/becoming expert 3.For building a portfolio 4.Keeping update with latest tech trends 5.For being prepared to do something large. 1.Better work life balance 2.Spreading "Own Brand" 3.For endless possibilities 4.Working casually 5.Best utilization of time.
7. WHERE TO START? 1.Being Motivated 2.Do research 3.Sharpen your self to a specific technology 4.Looking for opportunities. 5.Make your "PLAN" 6.Build Portfolio 7.Prove your skill
8. Being Motivated
9. Research Yourself
10. Learning technologies
11. Get Good Scores in Skill Test
13. BUILD YOUR PROFILE
15. BID FOR PROJECTS Expose Your Skill Try to impress your clients Don't copy paste the Bid Proposal Communicate faster Be Honest To clients
16. SO YOU GOT A PROJECT
17. FOR SUCCESSFUL PROJECT COMPLETION >>Understand the requirement >> Analysis and break the project into tasks >>Estimate time >>Communicate frequently with client >>Keep your clients update >>Be honest >>Be punctual
18. TOOLS YOU CAN USE: >>Skype for voice chat >>GTalk for text chat >>Google docs for sharing documents and papers >>github for code sharing >> teamviewer for remote access >>file zilla/cute ftp >>Amazon/Rackspace for Cloud infrastructure
19. CONGRATULATION!
20. TO WITHDRAW MONEY
21. MONEYBOOKERS(SKRILL) >>https://www.moneybookers.com >>low transaction fee 2.5-3.0$ >> straight deposit in your personal bank account >>time duration varies bank to bank >>Secure and economical
22. PAYONEER >>http://payoneer.com >>high withdrawal fee >>monthly maintenance charge >>Can withdraw money from "ANY ATM" >>Fast and reliable >>can buy online using the card
23. HAPPY FREELANCING :)