I have been trying to read a book [jQuery] but its been very difficult for me.
By the time I finish client work it is already mid-night & I'm left with very less motivation, but still reading a page here n there I have managed to cover upto 25% of the 444 pages so far.
Yes, only when client delays my payment, which is happening now.
Seriously, I am a frontend coder, I am all happy about coding HTML/CSS & getting paid for it. If that one element is taken away from me then I have nothing to look forward to.
I believe yes, video tutorials are a good way to learn. But one also needs to work with the exercises, write the code, and eventually write more code on their own :)
Did she setup a portfolio site apart from Elance? If she got that then may be post the link here, good designers are always in demand. Or provide a way for people to contact her/you.
I'll check with our team's manager if he's looking for someone.
Agree with the points. While billing hourly & tracking time on my own I tend to keep going back to the timer application to pause or start for every small occasion, depending whether I am working on the project or doing something else, even if its for a minute or two, coz distractions are omni-present & I can not work on something straight for 60 minutes at a time. That actually increases my anxiety.
So I much prefer to bill per work/project basis as a whole.
One thing regarding ethics, sometimes a client will want to 'copy' a feature they saw on another website, including the visual feature as well. That makes me uncomfortable, I try to make variations of it, although I have never denied work for this reason. May be next time I will atleast object strongly when its a blatant copy.
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