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It’s Not as Simple As You Think", "url": "https://daedtech.com/businesses-should-have-3-months-of-savings-its-not-as-simple-as-you-think/", "published_at": "2020-03-25T03:10:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-89fd-72d6-8359-651c416e9d99", "title": "Reader Question Round-Up: Remote Work, Solution Architects, and the Death of Developer Hegemony", "url": "https://daedtech.com/reader-question-round-up-remote-work-solution-architects-and-the-death-of-developer-hegemony/", "published_at": "2020-03-11T13:32:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-89fd-72d6-8359-651c42254fc7", "title": "A Modest Proposal for Hourly Billing", "url": "https://daedtech.com/a-modest-proposal-for-hourly-billing/", "published_at": "2020-02-26T05:37:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-89fd-72d6-8359-651c4302d795", "title": "Live Blogging Developer Week, 2020, Day 2", "url": "https://daedtech.com/live-blogging-developer-week-2020-day-2/", "published_at": "2020-02-13T17:25:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-89fd-72d6-8359-651c4337f12a", "title": "Live Blogging Developer Week, 2020, Day 1", "url": "https://daedtech.com/live-blogging-developer-week-2020-day-1/", "published_at": "2020-02-12T19:34:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-89fd-72d6-8359-651c43910692", "title": "Reader Question Round-Up: Value of Consulting, Salesforce, Career Advice", "url": "https://daedtech.com/reader-question-round-up-value-of-consulting-salesforce-career-advice/", "published_at": "2020-02-12T07:33:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-89fd-72d6-8359-651c43c2718c", "title": "The Laboring Strategist, A Free-Agent Anti-Pattern (And How to Fix)", "url": "https://daedtech.com/the-laboring-strategist-a-free-agent-anti-pattern-and-how-to-fix/", "published_at": "2020-02-05T19:18:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-89fd-72d6-8359-651c4431afd7", "title": "Reader Question Round-Up: Getting into Management, the Value of Consulting, and More", "url": "https://daedtech.com/reader-question-round-up-getting-into-management-the-value-of-consulting-and-more/", "published_at": "2020-01-30T18:22:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-89fd-72d6-8359-651c44fecbb5", "title": "Reader Question Round-Up: Software Code of Ethics and Niching", "url": "https://daedtech.com/reader-question-round-up-software-code-of-ethics-and-niching/", "published_at": "2020-01-23T16:07:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-e34c-72c9-a581-7c5f59cfd676", "title": "Reader Question Round-Up: Corporate Culture, Code Quality and Counter Offers", "url": "https://daedtech.com/reader-question-round-up-corporate-culture-code-quality-and-counter-offers/", "published_at": "2020-01-15T21:18:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-e34c-72c9-a581-7c5f59e4c484", "title": "Coders in the Hands of a Missing God: How Newly Minted Freelancers Badly Miss the Point", "url": "https://daedtech.com/coders-in-the-hands-of-a-missing-god-how-newly-minted-freelancers-badly-miss-the-point/", "published_at": "2019-12-12T02:29:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-e34c-72c9-a581-7c5f5a1f8add", "title": "5 Things I’ve Learned in 20 Years of Programming", "url": "https://daedtech.com/5-things-ive-learned-in-20-years-of-programming/", "published_at": "2019-11-22T07:13:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-e34c-72c9-a581-7c5f5b159b71", "title": "Reader Question Round-Up: Freelance Taxes, Billing International Clients, and More", "url": "https://daedtech.com/reader-question-round-up-freelance-taxes-billing-international-clients-and-more/", "published_at": "2019-11-13T13:24:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-e34c-72c9-a581-7c5f5b26fc42", "title": "My Take on Thailand: A DaedTech Digest", "url": "https://daedtech.com/my-take-on-thailand-a-daedtech-digest/", "published_at": "2019-11-08T15:14:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-e34c-72c9-a581-7c5f5c08a2a7", "title": "My Notes from Dubai: A DaedTech Digest", "url": "https://daedtech.com/my-notes-from-dubai-a-daedtech-digest/", "published_at": "2019-10-23T16:21:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-e34c-72c9-a581-7c5f5c279788", "title": "Get Hired without Process or Competition? Its Not as Hard as You Think", "url": "https://daedtech.com/get-hired-without-process-or-competition-its-not-as-hard-as-you-think/", "published_at": "2019-10-10T06:19:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-e34d-7398-bb10-205d3c35495e", "title": "Let’s Put Some Dignity Back into Finding Software Work", "url": "https://daedtech.com/lets-put-some-dignity-back-into-finding-software-work/", "published_at": "2019-10-03T05:21:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-e34d-7398-bb10-205d3c4027ad", "title": "Reader Question Round-Up: Niches, Being Consultative, and Career Plays", "url": "https://daedtech.com/reader-question-round-up-niches-being-consultative-and-career-plays/", "published_at": "2019-09-26T03:59:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-e34d-7398-bb10-205d3cbfe740", "title": "Don’t Let Anyone Tell You that You’re Not a ‘Real’ Programmer", "url": "https://daedtech.com/dont-let-anyone-tell-you-that-youre-not-a-real-programmer/", "published_at": "2019-09-19T03:41:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55b-51ab-710c-8b32-e191db13ffab", "title": "Reader Question Round-Up Video, Consulting Edition", "url": "https://daedtech.com/reader-question-round-up-video-consulting-edition/", "published_at": "2019-09-04T04:49:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55b-51ab-710c-8b32-e191db518632", "title": "To Find a Niche, Learn Why Your Company Pays Your Salary", "url": "https://daedtech.com/to-find-a-niche-learn-why-your-company-pays-your-salary/", "published_at": "2019-08-27T01:44:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55b-51ab-710c-8b32-e191dc3090be", "title": "Celebrating Software as a Tactic, Not a Profession", "url": "https://daedtech.com/celebrating-software-as-a-tactic-not-a-profession/", "published_at": "2019-08-20T03:38:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55b-51ab-710c-8b32-e191dcbb9ed2", "title": "Reader Question Round-Up: Upwork, Scaling, and Taking a Big Margin", "url": "https://daedtech.com/reader-question-round-up-upwork-scaling-and-taking-a-big-margin/", "published_at": "2019-08-14T04:31:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55b-51ab-710c-8b32-e191dda02cd3", "title": "Those Who Can’t, Sell Tutorials on How You Can", "url": "https://daedtech.com/those-who-cant-sell-tutorials-on-how-you-can/", "published_at": "2019-08-06T15:21:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55b-51ab-710c-8b32-e191dde26acd", "title": "Reader Question Round-Up: School Side Hustles, Freelancing, and Who Writes the Code?", "url": "https://daedtech.com/reader-question-round-up-school-side-hustles-freelancing-and-who-writes-the-code/", "published_at": "2019-07-31T02:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55b-51ab-710c-8b32-e191de140fb6", "title": "Software Development is a Business Tactic, Not a Profession", "url": "https://daedtech.com/software-development-is-a-business-tactic-not-a-profession/", "published_at": "2019-07-25T04:57:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55b-51ab-710c-8b32-e191de78b163", "title": "DaedTech Digest: When Will You Stop Slow Traveling?", "url": "https://daedtech.com/daedtech-digest-when-will-you-stop-slow-traveling/", "published_at": "2019-06-27T23:07:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55b-51ab-710c-8b32-e191df1c8862", "title": "DaedTech Digest: How Does All of the Travel Affect Your Diet?", "url": "https://daedtech.com/daedtech-digest-how-does-all-of-the-travel-affect-your-diet/", "published_at": "2019-06-21T04:41:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55b-51ab-710c-8b32-e191dfc188b1", "title": "Reader Question Round-Up: Approaching Execs, Micromanagers, and Scaling without Job Interviews", "url": "https://daedtech.com/reader-question-round-up-approaching-execs-micromanagers-and-scaling-without-job-interviews/", "published_at": "2019-06-18T01:43:42+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2026

How to Navigate Contracts as a Freelancer: The Non Paper Tiger Edition original ↗

9 Sept 2026

Identifying Good Search Visibility (SEO/GEO) Clients original ↗

5 Jun 2026

The Benny-Blanco Death of Developer Marketing original ↗

7 May 2026

Who is John Galt in 2026?original ↗

8 Apr 2026

Want the Answer Engines to Send You Traffic? Show Up in Organic original ↗

17 Mar 2026

The Interesting Case of Flattening Mean Time to Mediocrity original ↗

12 Feb 2026

Technology Done to You, Not for You original ↗

30 Jan 2026

2025

Generative AI and the Bullshit Singularity original ↗

14 Oct 2025

The Awesome Power of Self-Deprecation in ContentOps original ↗

30 Sept 2025

The Facadeware Problem, But, Also, Help Me Beat My Car to Death original ↗

25 Jul 2025

Surviving the Great Commoditizer: Stop Getting ‘Good’ at ChatGPT original ↗

9 Jun 2025

2024

How to Delegate Effectively as Your Responsibility Grows original ↗

6 Nov 2024

Basking in the Traffic Gains: Our Content Refresh Early Detection System original ↗

5 Sept 2024

Organic Traffic Recovery: How to Win SERPs and Influence Execs original ↗

13 Aug 2024

The Best Tool for Real Content Attribution? The Fermi Problem original ↗

5 Aug 2024

The Flat Squirrel Barrier to Content at Scale original ↗

23 Jul 2024

Offering Client Trials: Prototypes vs Auditions original ↗

11 Jun 2024

Generative AI And Main Character Syndrome Fatigue original ↗

14 May 2024

Where Did My Traffic Go? Hint: It Wasn’t an Algorithm Update original ↗

4 Apr 2024

Getting Above the Brief: How to Improve Your Developer Marketing Positioning original ↗

14 Mar 2024

How We MVP Organic Traffic as a Lead Gen Channel original ↗

5 Mar 2024

Six-Figure Content Programs: A Lesson (and Change) in Positioning original ↗

27 Feb 2024

Gameplanning the SGE Apocalypse original ↗

19 Feb 2024

How to Identify Content Refresh Candidates, In Detail original ↗

15 Jan 2024

The Challenge of Working Backward From a Post Title to a Keyword original ↗

4 Jan 2024

2023

How to Project Organic Search Traffic and the Cost of Acquiring It original ↗

13 Dec 2023

An Actually Strategic Way to Do SEO Competitor Analysis original ↗

29 Nov 2023

Why SEO Consulting Shouldn’t Exist original ↗

21 Nov 2023

Creating a Company-Engineer Blogging Program original ↗

16 Nov 2023

Gut Check Time: The “Are You Sure You Want Organic Traffic” Checklist original ↗

7 Nov 2023

The Agency Client Bill of Rights original ↗

17 Oct 2023

My Experience at DevOps World, 2023: Empowering Enterprise Engineers original ↗

13 Oct 2023

Failing Without Knowing Why: The Tragedy Of Performative Content original ↗

26 Sept 2023

Link Building for Non-Scumbags: Build Authority Without Being Awful original ↗

12 Sept 2023

Every Billable Hour is Amateur Hour original ↗

2 Aug 2023

Don’t Throw “Consulting Services” Onto Your Website original ↗

22 Jul 2023

Keyword Research Case Studies: Glossaries original ↗

29 Jun 2023

Keyword Research Case Studies: Tool-User Campaigns original ↗

27 Feb 2023

2022

Keyword Research Case Studies: Ownership Campaigns original ↗

16 Dec 2022

Reasoning About and Projecting SEO Content ROI original ↗

9 Nov 2022

The Phases of an Organic Campaign original ↗

3 Oct 2022

Keywords 301: Campaigns, Roadmaps, and Funnels original ↗

27 Aug 2022

Keywords 201: Tails, Association, Authority, and Cannibalization original ↗

14 Jul 2022

Keywords 101: Difficulty, Volume, and Segmentation original ↗

6 Jan 2022

2021

Introduction to Keywords via Understanding Searcher Psychology original ↗

29 Sept 2021

Game Theory in SEO: Building A Ship of Strategy in a Sea of Tactics original ↗

15 Sept 2021

SEO for Non-Scumbags: How to Earn Site Visitors without Selling Your Soul original ↗

24 Aug 2021

Developer Hegemony, Revisited (And A Free Copy, If You Like)original ↗

3 Aug 2021

Marketing to Software Engineers on Twitter Is an Expensive Good Idea original ↗

15 Jul 2021

Why “I Do High Quality Work” Is Both Good Policy and Terrible Positioning original ↗

11 Mar 2021

Check Out This One Weird Trick for Entrepreneurial Success original ↗

17 Feb 2021

Marketing 101: Marketing Isn’t What You Think It Is, Freelancers original ↗

19 Jan 2021

2020

It Turns Out Your Prospects Don’t Like When You Assume They’re Stupid original ↗

8 Dec 2020

Conducting Market Research Calls to Identify and Validate Niches original ↗

3 Dec 2020

What Are Your Niche Ideas? Let’s Do Some Case Studies original ↗

5 Nov 2020

You Don’t Pick Niches — You Discover Them original ↗

27 Oct 2020

In Defense of (Initial) Generalist Freelancing original ↗

13 Oct 2020

To Market Yourself as a Freelance Dev, Stop Posturing for Your Peers original ↗

1 Oct 2020

Sales 101 for Freelance Devs — Avoiding the Pain You’re About to Experience original ↗

23 Sept 2020

Generalizing is Freelancer Purgatory — How to Niche FTW original ↗

10 Sept 2020

Positioning for Newbie Feelancers: The Ugly, The Bad, and the Good original ↗

26 Aug 2020

Don’t Take Freelancing Advice from Freelancers original ↗

20 Aug 2020

DaedTech Smorgasbord: Reader-Questions, A Digest and Brief Notes from the Road original ↗

5 Aug 2020

An Introduction to Profitable Business Models for Recovering Hours Peddlers original ↗

22 Jul 2020

Path to Freelancer Profit: Start an Agency or Stop Billing Hourly original ↗

7 Jul 2020

A Digest and Notes from the Road: Spearfish, SD original ↗

1 Jul 2020

The Freelancer’s Condition: Quagmire of the Owner-Operator original ↗

19 Jun 2020

Business Profit 101: A Primer for Freelance Software Developers original ↗

11 Jun 2020

Freelancers Aren’t (Yet) Business Owners original ↗

3 Jun 2020

11 Realpolitik Career Tips for Junior Developers original ↗

20 May 2020

Time Isn’t Money — It’s Inefficiency and Waste original ↗

23 Apr 2020

Businesses Should Have 3 Months of Savings? It’s Not as Simple As You Think original ↗

25 Mar 2020

Reader Question Round-Up: Remote Work, Solution Architects, and the Death of Developer Hegemony original ↗

11 Mar 2020

A Modest Proposal for Hourly Billing original ↗

26 Feb 2020

Live Blogging Developer Week, 2020, Day 2 original ↗

13 Feb 2020

Live Blogging Developer Week, 2020, Day 1 original ↗

12 Feb 2020

Reader Question Round-Up: Value of Consulting, Salesforce, Career Advice original ↗

12 Feb 2020

The Laboring Strategist, A Free-Agent Anti-Pattern (And How to Fix)original ↗

5 Feb 2020

Reader Question Round-Up: Getting into Management, the Value of Consulting, and More original ↗

30 Jan 2020

Reader Question Round-Up: Software Code of Ethics and Niching original ↗

23 Jan 2020

Reader Question Round-Up: Corporate Culture, Code Quality and Counter Offers original ↗

15 Jan 2020

2019

Coders in the Hands of a Missing God: How Newly Minted Freelancers Badly Miss the Point original ↗

12 Dec 2019

5 Things I’ve Learned in 20 Years of Programming original ↗

22 Nov 2019

Reader Question Round-Up: Freelance Taxes, Billing International Clients, and More original ↗

13 Nov 2019

My Take on Thailand: A DaedTech Digest original ↗

8 Nov 2019

My Notes from Dubai: A DaedTech Digest original ↗

23 Oct 2019

Get Hired without Process or Competition? Its Not as Hard as You Think original ↗

10 Oct 2019

Let’s Put Some Dignity Back into Finding Software Work original ↗

3 Oct 2019

Reader Question Round-Up: Niches, Being Consultative, and Career Plays original ↗

26 Sept 2019

Don’t Let Anyone Tell You that You’re Not a ‘Real’ Programmer original ↗

19 Sept 2019

Reader Question Round-Up Video, Consulting Edition original ↗

4 Sept 2019

To Find a Niche, Learn Why Your Company Pays Your Salary original ↗

27 Aug 2019

Celebrating Software as a Tactic, Not a Profession original ↗

20 Aug 2019

Reader Question Round-Up: Upwork, Scaling, and Taking a Big Margin original ↗

14 Aug 2019

Those Who Can’t, Sell Tutorials on How You Can original ↗

6 Aug 2019

Reader Question Round-Up: School Side Hustles, Freelancing, and Who Writes the Code?original ↗

31 Jul 2019

Software Development is a Business Tactic, Not a Profession original ↗

25 Jul 2019

DaedTech Digest: When Will You Stop Slow Traveling?original ↗

27 Jun 2019

DaedTech Digest: How Does All of the Travel Affect Your Diet?original ↗

21 Jun 2019

Reader Question Round-Up: Approaching Execs, Micromanagers, and Scaling without Job Interviews original ↗

18 Jun 2019