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nomadd replied

1 August 2012, 12:28
Originally posted by victorantos View Post

I don't have time to wait, life is too short... speak to you next year!

Best. Sockie. Yet.

I love this guy!
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Stan.goodvibes replied

1 August 2012, 07:47
Originally posted by max View Post

... Judging by the previous down turn, and by all accounts this one is worse, what with the banks getting it in the neck, you're looking at 2 years for a rebound. Feb 2011 would be my guess.

Well that timeframe estimate was bang on the money
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FiveTimes replied

31 July 2012, 11:53
Originally posted by cojak View Post

Do you think he's noticed yet?

Do you think he will notice a 12 month timeout ?
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cojak replied

31 July 2012, 11:51
Do you think he's noticed yet?
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victorantos replied

31 July 2012, 11:43
I don't have time to wait, life is too short... speak to you next year!
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cojak replied

31 July 2012, 11:33
Originally posted by victorantos View Post

sorry but I am not sure I understand your "?"

Let me just say that in UK people pay online, and it's normal to pay by card. In the country where I'm coming from this is not possible and you can't create a merchant account on paypal or any other online payment system. In this conditions how can one run an online business?!

You can't.

Just wait for the culture to catch up with you.
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victorantos replied

31 July 2012, 11:19
sorry but I am not sure I understand your "?"

Let me just say that in UK people pay online, and it's normal to pay by card. In the country where I'm coming from this is not possible and you can't create a merchant account on paypal or any other online payment system. In this conditions how can one run an online business?!
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BS1397 replied

31 July 2012, 11:13
Originally posted by victorantos View Post

Don't understand me wrong,

I just want to create a succesful web application. !

And this is only possible if you lived in the UK because?
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northernladuk replied

31 July 2012, 10:28
Originally posted by victorantos View Post

another year has gone,

didn't do too much contracting, only a few weeks in Oslo, Norway
I am now focusing on my own projects, my recent project is <mod snip> I'm not feeling sorry for him now...

Erm, yeah right.... Thanks for the update...

More usless spam.
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victorantos replied

31 July 2012, 10:25
another year has gone,

didn't do too much contracting, only a few weeks in Oslo, Norway
I am now focusing on my own projects, my recent project is <mod snip> I'm not feeling sorry for him now...
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nomadd replied

5 August 2011, 08:29
Originally posted by victorantos View Post

what I've done in the last 3 years...

free time I developed several websites but the most successful one is...has about 42K registered users..

see you after 3 more years

I've only done one website (well, application + site) in the last 3 years. Still, at 14 million registered users, I'm slightly ahead of you... Still, I've long since moved out of web work (too many Injuns. )

Nice to see things have worked out well for you. Best of luck.
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victorantos replied

5 August 2011, 08:05
back after 3 years

what I've done in the last 3 years since I came to uk

- some freelancing
- worked for about 1.5 years for a company in Birmingham, developing e-commerce website
- had my first contract last year, currently I'm on the 3rd contract (Czech Republic), it ends in November 2011

in my free time I developed several websites but the most successful one is

www. templatesforfree.com has about 42K registered users and about 700 visitors/day

I'm still looking to develop a cool website that gets a lot of traffic and is high profitable

see you after 3 more years

Mod note: advert link removed (I felt sorry for him...)
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TheFaQQer replied

11 November 2008, 14:56
Originally posted by Board Game Geek View Post

Good Luck Victor !

Remember, if you please, that when you tell the agents you are looking for work, if it was me, I would not mention that you are designing a website from scratch. Otherwise this might put them off your skills and they may try and offer you a much lower rate.

Thanks for your post. It isn't often that we get nice real requests for help.
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portseven replied

11 November 2008, 14:48
Originally posted by victorantos View Post

I just want to create a succesful web application.

Start an Open Source project, or join an existing one. That way you will gain experience as well as contributing to something that will look good on your CV.
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wantacontract replied

11 November 2008, 14:34
Originally posted by Board Game Geek View Post

Good Luck Victor !

Remember, if you please, that when you tell the agents you are looking for work, if it was me, I would not mention that you are designing a website from scratch. Otherwise this might put them off your skills and they may try and offer you a much lower rate.

Thanks for your post. It isn't often that we get nice real requests for help.

Quality post!!
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