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Why are arrows not showing on bootstrap-timepicker?
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I'm switching to AdminDashboard 3 apha and ran into a problem that the arrows on the bootstrap-timepicker are not displayed. How to fix it?
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If you want to be a freelancer and not be a full-time employee, then either you have to have start-up capital or you have to be a full-time employee or you'll starve to death. When you work full time, you have four or five honest hours a day (after a nine-hour day, commuting, breakfast, dinner, etc.) that you can either devote to your development in any direction. Freelancing is one of those areas.
I would advise you, firstly, to always keep in mind: you cannot cram more work than you have free time. Realizing this fact will give you a very strong advantage over other aspiring freelancers that you have to compete with.
Further. In Russia, as you know, design, software, and intellectual work in general is not the most profitable occupation. The recent events that have shaken our economy have well demonstrated what is of value in our country. Therefore, it is naive to think that you will find a customer in Russia who will appreciate your work - I mean rubles, of course. Therefore, first of all, I would advise you to plan and practice English speaking on a daily basis . You need to speak English in a mediocre manner to get access to English-speaking customers who, in short, have a different idea of \u200b\u200bpay, and this is in your favor.
Second, you need to analyze your current skills andunderstand what you are really capable of giving to the business of your future customer . For example, “basic knowledge of layout” is zero value for business. And the ability to translate the customer's ideas into a working layout is already positive. There are many articles on the Internet on this topic. I don’t think that you will have difficulty finding them on the same Habré.
The third is to concentrate everything that you have already done or are doing and prepare a portfolio and a concise headline, reading which, your customer will be interested in you and want to work. “I know how to typeset” is a shitty headline. “I create amazing designs” is already something interesting. Don't worry about quality or consistency with reality - you'll have to experiment. Speaking of reality, it's a good idea to take a little higher than you can now. So you create stress for yourself, and as you know, a person develops under stress. If you stay within the limits that are comfortable for you, years later you will not forgive yourself for this.
The next step is, cheers, finally looking for a customer. Register on Elance, oDesk, Freelancer.com, Outsource.com (get referral links from your freelancer friend, both of you will benefit from this). These are not the best exchanges, but there are interesting projects on them. In general, the exchange should be regarded as a launching pad for the accumulation of useful contacts. As long as no one needs you, and you don't have a minister friend who would order your layout for a kickback, you will have to practice grabbing the attention of a person in front of whom the Pakistanis and Indians are waving the same beautiful props. About how to break through the wall of cheap applicants, without reducing your own value, and get the first order, I can tell you in detail separately, maybe personally. It's a long story. For example,
Grow as a freelancer. This is obvious, but easy to forget. You develop your ability to communicate or not to communicate with people daily, to cook food and brew coffee, but it does not matter. What really matters is your professionalism - and this should be done. Analyze your actions, mistakes, opportunities, strengths and weaknesses daily. Avoid activities that waste your time. Don't be afraid to drop a project if it's even $10 cheaper than the minimum you're looking for (by the way, set yourself that level on your very first day).
Meet other freelancers. Register at freelancing.stackexchange.com/.read, ask questions. You will be surprised how many people go through the same rake. You will laugh at the fact that, having failed the project, the next day you will see a question on the topic of “difficult client” or “uncontrolled increase in scope”, which you experienced just yesterday. Laugh and cry, and then get up and move on. When (or if) you were a full-time worker, you were insured by colleagues and the entire chain of supervisors above you, despite the fact that you did not understand it or maybe even did not feel it. Now you are alone with a very aggressive environment, and another failure is normal, the only difference is how you feel it.
Get yourself a toolkit for tracking time, managing tasks and daily routines, select the best ones and reduce their number to one or two. Develop your administrative and management skills, learn to negotiate, learn to build extremely short and precise phrases when explaining the essence of your work or your vision of a project or its smallest part. And don't forget to get out of the house and connect with people - it's very easy to get stuck in your cube, spoil your sleep and digestion, but that's not why you go freelancing, right?
And finally. Think about where, in what nature, in what climate you want to live, what should be visible from your window. Calculate how much cash flow you need to achieve this - congratulations, this is one of the most important marks on the scale of your growth. Divide expectations by ten - this is your plan for the coming year. Multiply 200 working days by your 4-5 hours - this is your time budget. Divide the first by the second - this is your hourly rate.
Good luck! The more people who become successful freelancers, the better for everyone. You have every chance to kick your friends who work in a large company in a middle position and are involved in strengthening internal corporate irresponsibility.
Start freelancing with a portfolio. Good web design skills? Draw five to ten pages and put it in your portfolio (nothing, later you will replace it with real projects), and a potential client will vote with a ruble and you will find out how good your skills really are.
Continue freelancing with a reputation - do a few tasks at least for free (but for good people and for real projects, just don’t offer it on freelance), in return, strongly ask for a review on the exchange.
Do not dump - respect yourself, respect the market. Set a barrier for yourself that you never go below. Sometimes it's better to earn less, but have more time for self-development than to plow for days on penny projects. The temptation to earn more is great, but do not forget that the ability to sell your working time is also a useful skill for a freelancer and you will not develop it just by lowering the price.
On freelancing, normal money is only for qualified ones.
The rest - for a bowl of food work.
It is much more profitable to start working in an office in your city in a serious office. You will quickly improve your skills. Then you will be interested as a freelancer.
It is logical to start with the
creation of Web design, basic knowledge of layout (there is a great desire to delve into the essence, I think I will quickly catch up), a good understanding of SEO audit and optimization.
and don't get distracted by other things
I would start with a competent arrangement of the workplace and choose one thing. Become an expert in a particular field.
Find a job or source of income that will support you while you adapt to freelancing. Register on the exchange. Take orders easier and gradually complicate. Work all your free time, but do not forget about the rest.
As you gain more regular customers and agents who monthly provide an acceptable amount of work, accumulate a financial reserve for hospital and other emergencies. And then feel free to leave.
After leaving, do not forget to draw up a new work schedule. Because freelancing is really relaxing. And your productivity may be lower than even when combined with the main work.
Good luck!
When you start freelancing with no experience, you are stealing time and money from yourself.
A successful freelancer is an experienced professional. There is no normal money in the segment of simple jobs.
Professional growth in freelancing is extremely slow. Good growth - in a team of professionals.
And which of these three should you focus more on? where are more opportunities for beginners?
If I were you, I would cooperate with a normal programmer, who also knows how to correctly compose, and start jointly fulfilling orders on a turnkey basis. You make a design, give it to a person for layout and development, then do SEO. If everything is done correctly, then very soon you will have a good flow of orders and a base of regular customers.
By the way, I'm also very interested in this question. There is a lot of free time at the main job. I am studying layout. Made some layouts from PSD. I am learning Bootstrap3. I have skills and knowledge of HTML, CSS, used jQuery and Joomla a little. I would like to find customers to fill my hand. At first, I am ready to work even for free.
Do you need freelancing? How not to work for your uncle and why freelancing is bad .
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