Based on your skillset I would start to reach out to smaller businesses using a similar stack asking if they would be interested in a retainer package for all those little tweaks, e.g some custom WP code, shopify tweaks etc.
If you're going to be moving around Europe then having a "full stack" skillset is going to be the most advantageous - 3 month type gigs for devops are going to be much harder to find than MEAN stack roles, especially if you want to visit less startup centric countries/cities.
Not sure I can really agree with much in this article, which seems to contradict itself (get more focused by not doing A and B, instead use your spare time for X and Y) and ignores that fact that getting close to your target audience and understanding their pain points isn't really going to happen if your sitting under an umbrella in Senegal.
It's not a one size fits all situation. Depends on your product (online/offline), on the stage your product is at, etc. The good thing is you can alternate being in big tech hub, isolating yourself in small village, challenging yourself in a city you don't know etc
I agree that short breaks away from the "norm" is good, but this isn't really unique to startups - i'd wager that you could gain the same benefits by just taking a vacation than trying to relocate your startup + staff every X months.
Why not flip it and offer them your "standard NDA" with more reasonable terms? If they don't want to sign it due to having to incur legal expenses to check its all above board then they can't expect you to have to do the same with their NDA.
Although i'm unsure of the legality, you might want to add hackintosh/OSX86 setups in there as well, matching the right hardware combos is a big part of getting it all setup and the latest configs change often
Just tried to add a project and some of my thoughts
- you might want to mention more clearly that current posting projects is free
- Do you need to ask for address details just to post a project? I can understand when it comes to billing, but it initially put me off just to post a free project.
- You ask for a budget but i'm looking for someone for ongoing work, perhaps make this optional? I had to enter £0 to proceed
- the text boxes aren't resizable (FF mac) so its hard to re-read what you've just entered
Good luck and looking forward to some responses to my listing
due to the way the account was "handed over" to the attacker, it puts Twitter in a difficult position - they don't really want to open the floodgates of having to investigate every single request for intervention due to an alleged account hijack/ transfer made under duress etc.
I'd look to freelance yourself out to London agencies on the proviso that the majority of work is to be done remotely and that you'll be around for kick off meetings etc. Once they trust you you'll be able to switch this to pretty much 100% remote (possibly look to reduce your rate as a sweetener) and then just go to cheap SE asian country of your choice, doing visa runs every X months.
There is a large culture difference between different countries and you may as well spend some time in each to see how they fit before looking for a full time position
