{"id":493,"date":"2017-02-20T14:21:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T01:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.auckland.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=493"},"modified":"2017-02-20T16:42:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T03:42:12","slug":"493","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/auckland.wordcamp.org\/2017\/session\/493\/","title":{"rendered":"Considering freelancing as WordPress developer? Think twice."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Considering freelancing with WordPress? Worrying that your technical skills are not high enough yet? Want to know what are\u00a0the most\u00a0common issues the beginner freelancer developer meets\u00a0with?\u00a0Surprisingly, tech problems can be googled, asked about and fixed. Real pains\u00a0are mostly people related.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Maria Skatova, public relations and media professional since 1997, WordPress fan since 2009 and a new freelance developer will share how she uses email writing, mind reading, and Game of Thrones knowledge when dealing with clients. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Let&#8217;s discuss the following topics:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How to find a first client without a portfolio.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">How to deal with &#8216;difficult&#8217; clients, people with\u00a0non-tech\u00a0background, those who\u00a0don&#8217;t know what they want.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Is it worth taking projects that other developers abandoned, or every project you see (for the portfolio, you know), or someone&#8217;s broken site.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">How much time do you need for a project, and what is your main\u00a0deliverable as a freelance developer.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">And finally &#8211; if you could do only one extra thing with that client&#8217;s site &#8211; what would you choose?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Considering freelancing with WordPress? Worrying that your technical skills are not high enough yet? Want to know what are\u00a0the most\u00a0common issues the beginner freelancer developer meets\u00a0with?\u00a0Surprisingly, tech problems can be googled, asked about and fixed. Real pains\u00a0are mostly people related.\u00a0 Maria Skatova, public relations and media professional since 1997, WordPress fan since 2009 and a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/auckland.wordcamp.org\/2017\/session\/493\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Considering freelancing as WordPress developer? Think twice.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13641487,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_wcpt_session_time":1489195800,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[470],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[418576],"session_category":[],"class_list":["post-493","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry","wcb_track-main-room"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phePFF-7X","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"session_date_time":{"date":"March 11, 2017","time":"2:30 pm"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"470","slug":"maria-skotova","name":"Maria Skatova","link":"https:\/\/auckland.wordcamp.org\/2017\/speaker\/maria-skotova\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auckland.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auckland.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auckland.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/auckland.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":495,"href":"https:\/\/auckland.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/493\/revisions\/495"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auckland.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/470"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auckland.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/justtralala"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auckland.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auckland.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=493"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auckland.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}