Ask HN: How much time do you spend hustling?

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by curiousgeek • 9 years ago

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If you are a consultant, freelancer or in any other sense not a full time employee at a megacorp, how much time do you find yourself hustling for new work (i.e., networking with people, trying out new technologies, improving your online profile etc)?

sj4nz2• 9 years ago

ABC. Always be closing. Closing on skills, demos, phone calls, e-mails.

Just finished a Node.js "assessment" for a job opportunity and uploaded it to my Github. I may never touch it again, but there it is.

minhaz23• 9 years ago

Where do you find these assessments?

sj4nz2• 9 years ago

This is the "homework" that is often given out by organizations looking to hire people that filters out those who "can" and those who "cannot."

JSeymourATL• 9 years ago

Jeb Blount recommends an hour daily for prospecting > https://youtu.be/hfGqPHWv9b4

SirLJ2• 9 years ago

0... the best side business is the one without clients...

jklein11• 9 years ago

What is a business without clients?

SirLJ2• 9 years ago

Mine is stock trading robots, basically I am going against everyone else... no clients, no investors, location independent and completely automated... Just the best thing I can come up with, but I am open to other similar ideas, since I have a lot of free time on my hands...

devdad• 9 years ago

Pretty much all of my time. We're a small shop. I network like crazy, both paid and free networks. If you have to choose, always go with paid. I also setup lunches with potential partners, clients and people who know people. About 3-5 lunches a week. It has a compounding effect and people will start referring others your way after a while.

My company's website is solid and it's purpose is to confirm that what I tell people is real. My online profile is also thought through.

Trying out new technologies isn't relevant, that's improving your skills as a SE. The others in my shop get to do this on a more regular basis since they hardly have to do any sales / networking.

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