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- Hourly income gets stuffed on the holidays
- How do you determine your rates?Do you a service like realrates.com? Do you ask your colleagues what they charge? etc?
- Tags: Operational accounting, Sterling "Chip" Camden, Hourly income, income
- Discussion threads 2007-11-19
- 10 WiFi security tips
- #10 made me chuckleI think that the mistaken recommendation to only use public networks if encrypted stems from a general misunderstanding of how wireless encryption works.RE: 10 WiFi security tipsI take these tips and go one step further by mounting grounded foil near the antennas to prevent a usable signal...
- Tags: Wireless security, Wireless LANs, Sterling "Chip" Camden, Wi-Fi security, Wi-Fi
- Discussion threads 2007-11-19
- What is your IT specialty?
- Niche within specialtyEven the categories in the survey are rather broad -- most people develop a niche that's even more specific. Mine is bridging existing applications to new technology. What's yours?None of the above.You forgot those of us who consider ourselves "IT Generalists". Jacks of all trades,...
- Tags: Strategy, Servers, Sterling "Chip" Camden, information technology, specialty, server
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- How to find new business
- How else?What did I forget? Have you ever used other channels for acquiring new business?RE: How to find new businessVery good. Learn more about how to do business. Thanks.MichaelChina
- Tags: Sterling "Chip" Camden
- Discussion threads 2007-11-09
- How to manage invoicing and receivables as an independent consultant
- Anything to add?Can you think of any other approaches to this problem?If anyone's interested, I can make a template of the spreadsheet I use available for public consumption.
- Tags: Financial services, Sterling "Chip" Camden, receivables
- Discussion threads 2007-11-02
- How to juggle time between multiple clients
- "fruits of your genius"Maybe not the best choice of words -- but on the other hand people have occasionally described me as "fruity". More often "nut case".better nut case thannut bar.nut bars have no redeeming qualities. :D
- Tags: Sterling "Chip" Camden, nut bar, nut case
- Discussion threads 2007-10-16
- 19 things to worry about when traveling on business
- I'm not really a worry-wart...... I usually try not to worry to much and take things as they come...... which sometimes gets me in trouble.How about you? Is there anything else you worry about?
- Tags: Sterling "Chip" Camden
- Discussion threads 2007-10-07
- Is independent consulting on the rise?
- I didn't forget about you...In this article, I'm almost guilty of conflating "consultant" and "independent contractor" again. I am aware that some people who call themselves "consultants" are employed by a consulting firm. I'm focusing here on the independents, though.
- Tags: Outsourcing, Sterling "Chip" Camden, consulting
- Discussion threads 2007-10-04
- How to become a better consultant by doing less billable work
- How much time do you spend...... learning new things on your own time?RE: How to become a better unemployed salesman?Funny, consultants are usually seen as unemployed salesmen, in most fields; just like managers are former salesmen who earned too much commission until being stuck on salary.If a person goes out...
- Tags: Time management, Sales force management, Sterling "Chip" Camden
- Discussion threads 2007-09-25
- What to do when you get in over your head
- Did you ever...... oversell yourself for a contract?How did you handle it?A lot of time, it's the client's fault because they deviate from the scopeof the project and the consultant's/contractor's area of expertise. The honorable thing to do is to remind the client that they are deviating from the...
- Tags: Strategy, Sterling "Chip" Camden
- Discussion threads 2007-09-19
- Consulting independence
- ...but of course I may be biasedAre you an independent, a subcontractor, or an employee? Why do find that arrangement beneficial?
- Tags: Outsourcing, Sterling "Chip" Camden, consulting
- Discussion threads 2007-09-12
- Three tactics for dealing with sub-par performance of contractors
- Employee vs. contractorPersonally, I've often wondered why there is any difference between the two. In both cases, you have a provider of services being paid for those services. Employees should view their employers not as "parents" but as customers, and treat them accordingly. We've fostered this absurd...
- Tags: Performance management, performance, Sterling "Chip" Camden
- Discussion threads 2007-09-04
- Employee vs. contractor
- Gross generalizationsOK, for every one of the categorical statements I made in that post there must be a million exceptions.Lay 'em on me.
- Tags: Sterling "Chip" Camden
- Discussion threads 2007-09-04
- Why there's no such thing as a trusted brand
- Remember Norton?Norton Utilities used to be required software for all PC's. You'd trust them with sector 0. As for their successor Symantec, I'm not sure which is worse, the disease or the cure.
- Tags: Sterling "Chip" Camden, brand
- Discussion threads 2007-09-04
- Handing off your project (without killing it)
- TwosomesOne nice advantage to a two-person design team is that when one member moves on to better things, the other can continue with the project -- taking the whole thing on as their own. They can then train a protege to replace the one who left, and eventually take...
- Tags: Team management, Sterling "Chip" Camden
- Discussion threads 2007-08-29
- 10 ( 1) ways your network is like your front door
- Great post#6 changed my thinking. I've always thought it prudent to avoid drawing attention to your network, but I can see how a black hat might just move along to an easier target if they can perceive the measures that have been put into place.Thank you!"[i]changed my thinking[/i]"That's about...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Sterling "Chip" Camden, network
- Discussion threads 2007-08-20
- Putting the client before the technology, by putting the right technology before the client
- War storiesHave you ever worked with a company that adopted too many new technologies too quickly?
- Tags: Sterling "Chip" Camden
- Discussion threads 2007-08-20
- The consultant who blogs
- Looking for consultant blogsAny consultants reading this who have their own blog, please post your URL in this discussion. I plan to do a follow-on post on this topic after I read through them.TIA
- Tags: Blogging, Sterling "Chip" Camden, blog
- Discussion threads 2007-08-16
- Six reasons why you might work for free
- Add to the listAre there any other situations under which you would work for free?Not really FREE - -FREEI barter my services and will even throw in some extra hardware. Parts and software have to be paid by the end user but my labor could cost you some of...
- Tags: Sterling "Chip" Camden
- Discussion threads 2007-08-08
- The disconnected project
- What did I miss?What lessons about working remotely have you learned?
- Tags: Sterling "Chip" Camden
- Discussion threads 2007-08-01
