Build Your Premium Dev Offer in 4 Days → Want to quit working for companies as an employee, make more money, and choose the clients you work with? It might be time to go solo - as a technology consultant. To be successful, you need to be smart about how you start. In this episode, I share the exact steps I took to become a solo technology consultant offering software architecture and a variety of other professional services. Whether you're a programmer, in QA, DevOps, do Product Management, Data Science, or any other software development technology role - a technology consultant is not a contractor. You are actually starting a business, and so you need to think like one! I hope this episode helps you avoid some of the pitfalls that software engineers and other tech professionals can fall into when they try to work for themselves. CHAPTER MARKERS 0:00 Introduction 2:55 10 Steps to Become a Solo Technology Consultant 3:00 1. Design Your Services 6:38 2. Discover The Client 8:51 3. Price Your Services 11:16 4. Build Client Awareness 13:37 5. Incorporate 16:33 6. Acquire Clients 19:01 7. Negotiate Contracts 23:34 8. Manage the Engagement 26:16 9. Keep Financial Records 30:27 10. Finish Strong and Get a Reference 34:15 Episode Groove #consultant #consulting #technology