Maybe LFW - Former IT Contractor - WWYD?
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Apologies if this turns into a bit of a ramble, but - having had some great advice on here in the past - I'm looking for ideas...
Long story, short; 15 years ago I was an experienced IT freelancer (City rates, Sun-certified Java Dev & Architect, etc. - those were the days!). Got bored with commuting; learnt SEO, built a bespoke CMS and an online "lifestyle" business (now one of the busiest in the niche) and changed direction. I've had a lot of fun and made a good living... but relying on international travel... and you can guess how that's going right now!
The website can take care of itself (on AWS, scales to match demand, failover built-in, etc.), but I need something to keep me occupied (and fed!) until travel re-starts.
I'd be comfortable in any role from a non-exec technical director to hands-on development. I've also done a little technical due diligence, and design/architecture consultancy both for startups and investors in the past.
I still enjoy coding, problem solving and architecting for performance - and have added a bunch of web skills around SEO and CRO over the years... plus everything that goes with running a business (to powerfully-built director level, obviously).
Where is there work, right now, and what would you do? Any skills you'd add / update / never mention again?
And where are the opportunities nowadays - LinkedIn, Indeed... Jobserve??? (showing my age there)
Any thoughts gratefully received, TIA,
Dave
Long story, short; 15 years ago I was an experienced IT freelancer (City rates, Sun-certified Java Dev & Architect, etc. - those were the days!). Got bored with commuting; learnt SEO, built a bespoke CMS and an online "lifestyle" business (now one of the busiest in the niche) and changed direction. I've had a lot of fun and made a good living... but relying on international travel... and you can guess how that's going right now!
The website can take care of itself (on AWS, scales to match demand, failover built-in, etc.), but I need something to keep me occupied (and fed!) until travel re-starts.
I'd be comfortable in any role from a non-exec technical director to hands-on development. I've also done a little technical due diligence, and design/architecture consultancy both for startups and investors in the past.
I still enjoy coding, problem solving and architecting for performance - and have added a bunch of web skills around SEO and CRO over the years... plus everything that goes with running a business (to powerfully-built director level, obviously).
Where is there work, right now, and what would you do? Any skills you'd add / update / never mention again?
And where are the opportunities nowadays - LinkedIn, Indeed... Jobserve??? (showing my age there)
Any thoughts gratefully received, TIA,
Dave
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