> > 1. The non-code business aspect of Freelancing is demanding.  My days
> > of being a heads down coder with the only concern of slinging lines of
> > code are over.

> Tim,

> I agree with everything you said. When I started ADS down the path of
> being a development firm I took the lessons from being a freelance IT
> professional, namely one cannot do everything himself. The advice I
> have heard is stick to what you do best and outsource the rest
> (meaning get someone else to do it). For me, that meant hiring full-
> time developers. I greatly appreciate you sharing your experience. I
> don't think many people have any idea of how much work it actually
> takes to get a client. Depending on the level of project you are
> trying to take on, it can take days if not weeks or months to land a
> project. That is time that is not spent coding. Then you have to keep
> the work coming in to stay afloat. Again, more time not spent coding.

> Good luck. Please keep sharing your experience. Also, the "Freelancers
> on Rails" Google group could gain from your experience as well.

> Sincerely,

> Robert Dempseyhttp://www.techcfl.com