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Dev tools · June 12, 2018

career.fork(): how to thrive as a freelance developer

Professionally written, real-world guide to going freelance

career.fork(): how to thrive as a freelance developer launched on June 12, 2018 with 89 votes, #428 of 2,653 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.

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What it does

Written from scratch and leveraging real-world experience from more than a dozen professional freelancers, career.fork() was written to help developers make better decisions about going freelance and being freelance.

A real-world, hit-the-ground-running guide for software developers wanting to become their own boss. 99.99% of readers are happy!

Written from scratch and packed with advice from real-world experiences, career.fork() is a hit-the-ground-running guide for developers wanting to be their own boss. Written from scratch and packed with advice from real-world experiences, career.fork() is a hit-the-ground-running guide for developers wanting to be their own boss. Written from scratch and packed with advice from real-world experiences, career.fork() is a hit-the-ground-running guide for developers wanting to be their own boss. This 130-page title combines author Steve Jalim's experience as a respected, trusted independent developer (and many years before that as a freelance journalist) with relevant advice drawn from his…from leanpub.com

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