Nerds For Hire
The podcast for freelancers by freelancers. Nerds For Hire is a roundtable of creative freelancers discussing the strategies, tactics, joys and pitfalls of the self-employed life.
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Episode 010: Hiring Your First Employee & Transitioning from Academia with Dr Jessica Langer
Dr. Jessica Langer joins us to talk about a variety ...
Dr. Jessica Langer joins us to talk about a variety of topics, including hiring your first employee, transitioning from life as an academic to life in business, and how to build referral networks. We also dig into some of the differences between...
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Episode 009: The Art of War Book Club
In this first installment of the Nerds For Hire book ...
In this first installment of the Nerds For Hire book club, we go back—way back to the 9th Century BC—to read The Art of War. It's a book that's frequently mentioned to managers, but why? Does it have any relevance to the modern freelancer?...
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Episode 008: Using Freelance Sites Such As oDesk & Elance to Grow Your Career
Are freelancing marketplaces such as oDesk & Elance good for ...
Are freelancing marketplaces such as oDesk & Elance good for your career? In this roundtable discussion, we discuss the pros and cons of these sites with freelancers Chris Hutton (@liter8media) and Cassandra Neace (@CassandraNeace). They provide...
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Episode 007: Sam Brown, Exploding Dog
Can a stick figure make you cry? It can if ...
Can a stick figure make you cry? It can if it comes from the pen of Sam Brown at ExplodingDog.com. We continue our exploration of freelance/self-employed visual arts in a chat with Sam, delving into his process of audience collaboration and why art...
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Episode 006: Freelance Visual Arts
Freelancing isn't solely the domain of writers and web developers. ...
Freelancing isn't solely the domain of writers and web developers. In this episode, we explore the challenges and rewards of life as a freelance visual artist. Our guests are the prolific fiber artist Leisa Rich and the thoughtful cartoonist Grant...
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Episode 005: Freelance Lessons for Enterprises
For today's episode, we focus on the Forbes article "Six ...
For today's episode, we focus on the Forbes article "Six Secrets that Freelancers Can Teach Enterprises." We take a look at those secrets and discuss how they've applied in both our work as freelancers and full-time employees. Our panelists for this...
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Episode 004: Tools and Apps for Freelancing
Today we nerd out about our favorite tools, apps, and ...
Today we nerd out about our favorite tools, apps, and books for running a freelance business. Visit nerdquest.com for a mostly complete list of everything mentioned. Our panelists are David William Reeve, Ryan Nystrom, and Matt Gartland. This...
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Episode 003: The Growing Prevalence of Freelancing
This episode was inspired by this post on Jezebel: "We've ...
This episode was inspired by this post on Jezebel: "We've Seen the Future, and You're Freelancing". We talk with our panelists about how they got into...
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Episode 002: What To Do When A Client Won't Pay
This episode was inspired by a post on Passive Aggressive ...
This episode was inspired by a post on Passive Aggressive Notes called "Do You Hear The People Sing?" As freelancers, we hope that we won’t have to take such aggressive steps to get paid by our clients. We talk with today’s...
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Episode 001: Balancing Your Client Portfolio
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Nerds For Hire! Our ...
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Nerds For Hire! Our show strives to be a resource for freelancers of all stripes, a roundtable discussion of the joys and trials of the freelancing life. Your hosts in this episode are Mindy Holahan and Matt...
