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Running a Company atUniversityNick [email protected] / [email protected]
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I was a freelancer
During the first and second years
Web Development
PHP/MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScriptCMS Systems and eCommerce
Small number of American clients
Didnt earn all that much
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I am Meanbee
Web Development
Specialising in eCommerce, specifically Magento
Business Model
Services
90% revenue: Direct Software Development
Products
10% revenue: Magento modules and affiliate commission
Aiming to make 100k next year, with 15k profit
Teamed up with Tom Robertshaw
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What is Web Development?
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What we care about
Development
Server Side Client Side
JavaScript HTML CSS
Performance
ServerOptimisation
User Testing
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Server-side
Server-side
Development
Language Framework
Database APIs
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Client-side: HTML
HTML
Semantic Markup
Basic TagsA is not
the answer
Cross-browser Bugs
Hate /IE [\.\d]+/
*@#?!
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Client-side: JavaScript
JavaScript
Basics
Java !=JavaScript
AJAX
Libraries
jQuery Prototype etc
OOP
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Client-side: CSS
CSS
The BoxModel CSS3 VendorPrefixes
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Balancing University and Work
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What you shouldnt do
Dont make promises you cant keep
Dont put your business ahead of your education
Dont take on projects that are too big
Dont do any work around exams
Dont forget to tell HMRC youre self employed
Dont undercharge
Dont expect to be the next Zuckerberg Lol.
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What you should do
Take on projects that you enjoy
Dont work only for the money
Make a web app
Find people like you
Experiment with everything
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How much are you worth?
Average Salary: 21k (90/day, 12/hour)
Source: Payscale.com, Web Developer, Bristol
Butyoure self employed
Factor in expenses
Web hosting
Accounting Software
Youre not like everyone else
Experience
Youre a consultant
Weve spentover agrand in the past 12
months
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Make your life easier
Keep accurate accounts
FreeAgent Central
Xero
Keep all your code backed up
Github
CodebaseHQ
Project Management Software
Basecamp
CodebaseHQ
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What are you?
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Describe yourself in a sentence
An eCommerce developer, currently specialising inMagento
Im a Web Designer with an interest in Mobile
Im a Frontend Developer with Wordpressexperience
Prove that you actually know what you are
You cant be everything in a sentence
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What now?
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Getting Better
Write some tutorials
Answer StackOverflow questions
Educated an interested housemate
Give a presentation
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Getting Better
No idea
Learn from others
ConferencesTwitter
StackOverflow
Placement
..but I specialised
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Dont take an easy route
Youll probably be a noob
Make the most of your Placement
STEP OUT OF
YOUR COMFORT ZONE
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Make the most of your Placement
Started on xxk
Increased to xxk after six months
Invest time and money in your business
Intelligent people
What I learnt
UNIX makes the world go round Id better get good at it
Realised what I didnt want my company to be
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Things to take away
Network at every opportunity
Stay on top of your game
Take it seriously
Remember that University comes first
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Im done.Thanks for listening.