Full Time Freelancing Stories and Advice

Home
Podcast
Archive
About
New
Top
18. asking for a hike
Listen now (19 mins) | With an existing long-term client, asking for a price hike is tricky. However, it is not impossible.
 • 
Jay (Vijayasimha BR)
19:05
July 2023
17. the importance of sleep
Listen now (22 mins) | in this episode, I elaborate on my practice of sleeping at least 10 hours every day and the benefits of doing so.
 • 
Jay (Vijayasimha BR)
22:02
June 2023
May 2023
15. Jay - a small business and startup consultant, eh?
Listen now (8 mins) | more and more clients are using me as an edtech small business startup consultant, rather than a coding tutor or even as a…
 • 
Jay (Vijayasimha BR)
8:27
14. find your niche
Listen now (19 mins) | about 10 years ago, I realized, my customers live 10,000 kilometers away. and, they are willing to pay lots of money for tailored…
 • 
Jay (Vijayasimha BR)
19:01
13. new business advice
Listen now (25 mins) | summary thoughts of a business consulting zoom session I did for this kid who wanted to start his own business.
 • 
Jay (Vijayasimha BR)
24:54
12. dont bill casual talk hours
Listen now (10 mins) | as a freelancer, you get paid hourly. Still, don't bill every minute. it's okay to not send a bill sometimes.
 • 
Jay (Vijayasimha BR)
10:20
11. open source zoom calls and english
this is a response podcast to a few of my students who asked me if they can join my freelancing team in my freelancing discord group.
 • 
Jay (Vijayasimha BR)
11:27
10. say no and run
Even if you are desperate for work, watch out for these red flags. Learn to identify bad clients and avoid them. For the sake of a berry, don't lose an…
 • 
Jay (Vijayasimha BR)
21:16
9.work less earn more
Listen now (29 mins) | when a freelancer needs more money he does not work more hours. he simply finds a way to earn more money for the same duration of…
 • 
Jay (Vijayasimha BR)
29:09
April 2023
8. pranksters and lols
Listen now (7 mins) | occasionally, we run into some real pranksters on freelance platforms
 • 
Jay (Vijayasimha BR)
7:24
7. self-fulfilling prophecies
Listen now (10 mins) | you constantly keep telling yourself that you will be successful, and, you know, you actually become, successful, delivering on…
 • 
Jay (Vijayasimha BR)
9:45
© 2023 Vijayasimha BR
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great writing