Comments for The Real Ryan J. Parker

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项链 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:11:21 +0000

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Comment on Transitioning From My 9-5 Job by HMTKSteve

HMTKSteve — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:03:15 +0000

I picked up a few thousand dollars last year doing some piece work until I figured out the guy was trying to get me to code a facebook clone on the cheap!

Comment on Transitioning From My 9-5 Job by Grzesiek

Grzesiek — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:47:52 +0000

Sticking to a niche is great idea, i think i discouraged you a bit with my last comment, that wasn’t my intent.

Actually i think it is like with everything, once you get a hang of it, then it will become easier and easier to get new projects.

Comment on Show Unread Comments WordPress Plugin by Li-An

Li-An — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:45:31 +0000

In show_unread_comment_status($type, $img_read, $img_unread)
how to give a value to $type ? $type = 5?

Comment on Show Unread Comments WordPress Plugin by Ryan J. Parker

Ryan J. Parker — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:42:43 +0000

Li-An, what values are you referring to?

Comment on Transitioning From My 9-5 Job by Ryan J. Parker

Ryan J. Parker — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:41:52 +0000

Grzesiek, thank you for sharing your experience. I’m trying to stick with mostly application development (since I’m no artist and do not do well with those sorts of projects), so I’m hoping that niche works for me. If not, then I might have to go back to working for the man.

I imagine trying to keep up with all of the different hats will be tough, and I’m already starting to see that in less than a week of submitting for jobs.

Thanks again for sharing.

Comment on Show Unread Comments WordPress Plugin by Li-An

Li-An — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:34:12 +0000

I don’t understand how to use the values. Can I have one example please ?

Comment on Transitioning From My 9-5 Job by Grzesiek

Grzesiek — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:49:20 +0000

Hi Ryan,
i actually made similar transition but in other direction, i went from freelance programming to full time job (8-4 instead 9-5).

What i didn’t like about freelancing is that i had to work more then 8 hours a day and had to be web designer, programmer, manager, marketer and custommer support in one person, when all i wanted to do was build websites.

The other problem was that, like you said people want huge pages like (youtube) to be build for less then 1000$, i won’t do it but there are a lot of guys who will.

On the other hand if you will get into good transactions then the payoff will be probably a lot better then the pay you got from the full time job.

Anyway, i didn’t want to discourage you, i am just shareing my experience and my point of view. Personally i know some web developers who make good amount of money from freelance programming.

Comment on This Website Is Down by Ryan J. Parker

Ryan J. Parker — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:57:15 +0000

Yeah, it is kind of sad, but it is pretty damn funny!

I can’t wait to see what else these guys come up with.

Comment on This Website Is Down by Andrew. Lawyer.

Andrew. Lawyer. — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:40:46 +0000

This is a pretty funny video! I can imagine my friends who are in IT positions doing the exact same things! That’s actually kind-of sad, when I think about it.