Subcontracting with Joe Cieplinski

Guest Joe Cieplinski jcieplinski (@jcieplinski) - Twitter Micro.blog - @joec RECaf - Effortless Caffeine Tracking Release Notes | The Business of Online Businesses Previous Episodes Cross Platform Comparison with Rob Kerr Sponsors 360|iDev - August 25 - 28th - Denver, CO The Leading indie iOS/Mac (and watchOS, and tvOS) Developer conference It's all about Community and Code! Four days of hands-on training, amazing sessions, and the great community. All Swift. BrightDigit Specialize in helping businesses build apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch 10 years of experience developing for a variety of Apple platform Helping dev shops which lack experience with Apple platforms and Swift Contact me if you need help today. Thoughts on WWDC WWDC on a Budget AltConf Business + Developer Conferences Peers Conference Release Notes 2019 Why Should You Be A Subcontractor? An Agency needs flexibility and an extra developer for a project An Agency needs a special expertise (i.e. HealthKit, WatchKit, etc…) Fill a need for a particular platform and expertise (i.e. iOS) on team with other platform developers Things to Consider for iOS Developers Have a portfolio and resume - help the agency sell you to other companies Be a T-shaped developer - know the how to build an iOS app but also have a special expertise in an area Consider being a consultant - help build iOS development teams for companies while also making more money Know developers of other platforms - such as Android - if you can work with them then this provides even more value to the agency Challenges of Being a Subcontractor Giving up Flexibility - you can be dropped at anytime because you only filling a role till a full-time employee is hired Communication and Management - Understood Your Role Within the Structure Don't Talk Money with Client Directly - Discussions on Money and Time should go though the agency always not directly with the client Don’t Sell Yourself as an Individual - remember you represent the agency Listen to the Team - Follow the agency and client’s protocols and guidelines such as their coding style, etc… Speaking at 360|iDev Joe’s Talk - When a Simple Algorithm will Do Leo’s Talk - The Multi-Threaded Asynchronous Parallel World of Swift Social Media Twitter - @brightdigit Facebook - BrightDigit LinkedIn - BrightDigit Instagram - @brightdigit Thanks to our monthly supporters work design Steven Lipton ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★