Updated on June 22, 2021 in Learn
Why Sharing Your Pronouns Matters
Please note: This is my experience. I am aware that everyone’s experiences are valid and unique. This is just one perspective. “It’s a girl!” Upon hearing this news, my parents immediately went out and bought all the pink things. They…
Updated on October 17, 2017 in Business Resources
Introducing Custom Tracks
We’ve been hard at work adding new tools to improve our users’ learning experience, and today we’re excited to tell you about the newest feature for Treehouse for Business – Custom Tracks! Custom Tracks give businesses the ability to create…
Updated on November 14, 2022 in Learn
New PHP 7 Features to Be Excited About
I’m very happy to introduce you to the first MAJOR release of PHP in over a decade. The PHP community is VERY excited to welcome this latest release. But that doesn’t mean PHP has been stagnant all this time. On the…
Updated on May 21, 2015 in Learn
How to Land Quality Clients
As a web designer or developer, you have a solid grasp of code and design. Your portfolio is stocked with impressive work. You’re ready for the freelance journey. Great! There’s still one skill you’ll need to master, though, and it’s…
Updated on May 23, 2016 in Learn
How to Handle Revision Requests for Web Design Projects
You spend weeks working on a website, agonizing over every detail and producing something that you can’t wait to show your client. You’re sure the client will be just as overjoyed as you are about the final look. You click…
Updated on May 23, 2016 in Learn
Eight Ways to Avoid Freelance Feast or Famine
Here’s an all-too-familiar scenario for freelance Web designers and developers: You land a great client who has fairly deep pockets and loads of interesting projects. As a bonus, you get along great with the contact at the client company. Life…
Updated on May 23, 2016 in Learn
Beginner’s Guide to a Freelance Web Career
Freelancing as a Web Designer or Developer Means Finding Your First Client. No-Duh, Right? It’s Possibly Harder than It Sounds. If you’ve spent any amount of time online over the last couple years, you’ve probably encountered advertisements or comment spam…
Updated on May 23, 2016 in Learn
Noted Illustrator Ben O’Brien Talks About Finding Inspiration, Taking Chances
Ben O’Brien, an Internationally Acclaimed Illustrator, Left College and Taught Himself How to Succeed For Ben O’Brien, a prominent UK illustrator and designer, his career began when he summoned the courage to quit his comfy studio job and go it…
Updated on May 23, 2016 in Learn
How to Calculate Hourly Freelance Rates for Web Design, Development Work
(Figure out how to fill up the freelance pig. Photo by Mike Tungate / Flickr) If there’s one question I’m asked by web designers and developers more than any other, it’s how to figure out what to charge for a…
Updated on April 4, 2016 in Learn
Do You Really Need a Computer Science Degree?
(Options beyond a degree are important. Flickr photo by Faruk Ateş) Most electronic devices use software and most businesses are backed with software, whether on computers or in the cloud. All this requires software and web development. The good news for…
Updated on May 23, 2016 in Learn
Designer Meng To’s Writing Adventure Stemmed from Denied Visa
In 2013, Meng To was enjoying the startup life in Silicon Valley while lending his web design talents to Heyzap, a mobile game developer. Until his request for a new visa was denied. The Cambodian-born web designer and developer from…
Updated on May 23, 2016 in Learn
Moonlighting as a Designer or Developer: Money, Flexibility — and Some Caution
(The moon. Flickr photo by Johan J.Ingles-Le Nobel) When Neil Tortorella started his web design business, he already had a full-time job. “I was working for a newspaper doing ad stuff for them and freelancing nights and weekends,” says Tortorella,…