Announcing the Freelancer Education Program
In addition to my full time work here at Botsko.net I’ve been teaching various web development courses with the local community college.
The courses are designed to teach the concepts as well as how to use them in a real world project, but for those looking for a career in freelancing, there’s a harsh transition from learning inside the safety of class to doing it for real. If you don’t yet have a portfolio, getting real work is difficult unless you donate your time.
I’ve considered offering some form of internship program for several years but the typical candidate can’t afford to spend time learning rather than earning.
I believe that the new Freelancer Education Program will be a perfect middle ground.
Throughout the year I’ll select a few interested students who are able to work part time on small projects that fit their area of study. These projects will come from real clients and will be perfect for giving the students an actual project to continue their education.
By using the established portfolio and skill sets of Botsko.net to attract the clients and guide the students on the projects, I’ll be allowing them to safely gain real world experience while ensuring that customers of Botsko.net receive a quality service and are pleased with the end result.
Customers may receive discounted rates for taking part in this program and the students will receive compensation for some of their time.
If you’re a student interested in this program, I’d like to see you in any of my next classes with Portland Community College so that I can get to know you better, and we can both determine what your goals are. You’ll need to have your own laptop and be able to spend some time at our Beaverton office for each project.
If you’re customer with a small project or portions of a larger project that you think might be a good fit for a student, please contact me. I’m initially seeking small work involving web design, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Wordpress. In the future we’ll also be seeking PHP work.
In the next few weeks I’ll likely announce the first student and I’ll be sure to keep writing about how the program is working out.