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Picking Your Path
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- Big agency? Small agency? Or fly solo? What are some of the pros and cons of different work situations? How do you choose what's right for your personality and how do you switch gears? Our panel of designers and developers will talk about working full-time, part-time and all the time for big agencies, small agencies, and solo.
- Questions
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- What do you like most about working for a large agency?
- What do you like most about working for a small agency?
- How does working for a large agency or team differ from working from working for a small agency or team?
- What do you like most about being an independent contractor?
- How does being a freelancer/contractor for a firm differ from running your own agency?
- If you run your own shop, how did you make the shift from employee to entrepreneur?
- Should you be a do-it-all developer or a specialist?
- What are the pluses and minuses of being a general practitioner or specialist?
- How does working on an in-house web team in a non-web industry compare to working in an agency?
- How do you know when to switch gears (ex: start your own company or moving from a developer to senior developer / team lead?)
- Level:
- Beginner
- Category:
- Career / Work Concerns
- Type:
- Panel
- Event:
- Interactive 2010
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