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Freelance web development

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  • 17-08-2016 12:20pm
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    tcawley29
    Registered Users Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭


    Hi guys,
    looking to start up freelance web development on the side for some extra money.
    Just wondering do I need to register for tax on this straight away or can I hit a certain amount where I must do so then.
    Any tips for starting up as an individual?
    What rates should I be charging also.
    Thanks


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    bpmurray
    Registered Users Posts: 1,275 ✭✭✭bpmurray


    You have to register as a sole trader (or a company) with the tax authorities.


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    corcaigh1
    Registered Users Posts: 647 ✭✭✭corcaigh1


    Is there money to be made in web developing of late, seems like every man and he's dog is at it these days charging sfa..


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    tcawley29
    Registered Users Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭tcawley29


    corcaigh1 wrote: »
    Is there money to be made in web developing of late, seems like every man and he's dog is at it these days charging sfa..

    There goes that idea so. Any advice on what a qualified software developer could do as a side job for some extra cash?
    I have experience developing windows phone apps and am considering learing for android also.


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    punk_one82
    Registered Users Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭punk_one82


    tcawley29 wrote: »
    There goes that idea so. Any advice on what a qualified software developer could do as a side job for some extra cash?
    I have experience developing windows phone apps and am considering learing for android also.

    There are websites where people put ads for freelancers and you bid on winning the job. Check out freelancer.com and upwork.com

    As a qualified software dev your options are fairly open tbh. You can write windows phone apps (not entirely sure there's much of a market for these), but learning Android/iOS dev and trying to get some freelancing projects for them could make a bit of money. Not sure how hard it is to start winning bids on freelancing websites, but I'm sure you'd need some sort of portfolio of apps to show potential clients.


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    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users Posts: 6,250 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    corcaigh1 wrote: »
    every man and he's dog is at it these days charging sfa..

    This. Any half wit can take an online course in CSS and HTML and then call themselves web developers - which they most often do.


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    Evil Phil
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    Buford T Justice wrote: »
    This. Any half wit can take an online course in CSS and HTML and then call themselves web developers - which they most often do.

    Drop a template into wordpress? *Boom* you're a developer.


    Not a digital marketer though. SEO, location based advertising, stuff like might make money (I don't know because I haven't really looked into it).


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    Graham
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    There is plenty of money to be made doing professional web development.

    Doing web development 'on-the-side' for a bit of extra cash is a different story all together. In that market you're generally competing with the aforementioned half witted every man and his dog that's ever completed a 25 minute introduction to dreamweaver.


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    14ned
    Registered Users Posts: 768 ✭✭✭14ned


    tcawley29 wrote: »
    There goes that idea so. Any advice on what a qualified software developer could do as a side job for some extra cash?
    I have experience developing windows phone apps and am considering learing for android also.

    The days of writing phone apps on the side outside of work and actually making money appear to be gone. It was always only ever a temporary bubble anyway.

    They say the next big thing is going to be apps for IoT devices, but personally speaking I find very little value add to me for almost every IoT device I've ever seen. I can see maybe a value add for large companies with big logistics problems, but around the home? All those devices are just gadget crap, and enormous security holes to boot. You might as well route the unfiltered internet straight into your home as soon as you let any of those devices touch your home wifi.

    Past that it looks like the next big growth area in tech is undoubtedly going to be data analytics where you fire thousands of cloud nodes at some enormous dataset to try and figure out patterns. That sort of work pays very very well, and because many problems aren't time sensitive there is a whole consulting world of people hacking on that stuff in their spare time and charging whatever hours they get round to in a month. Nice little earner if you've got skills in that area, and very far removed from any of those race to the bottom 99 designs type freelancer websites that are around.

    Niall


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