
Confident Contracting with Neil Millard
From Software Should be Free by Tim Abell
July 19, 2024 · 2h 58m · Episode 27
About this episode
Neil Millard discusses the life of a contractor and shares valuable mental health lessons and advice for all stages of the contracting journey.
A flowing discussion with Neil about the life of a contractor, before during and after, with some important mental health lessons hard learned along the way. Neil shares advice for people at every stage in the contracting journey, from tentative first steps to options for going beyond contracting, along with his own journey. Neil: https://www.neilmillard.com/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilmillard/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@confidentcontractor The new book: https://www.confident-contractor.co.uk/ - book out 24th July 2024 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Confident-Contractor-Thriving-Contracting-beyond-ebook/dp/B0D8QFHBZ1 - preorder now - early bird kindle price of 99p https://www.theministryofinspiration.com/ https://rethinkpress.com/books/how-to-write-your-book-without-the-fuss/ Share this episode: https://share.transistor.fm/s/26ea1cb5 Also in the episode: Self publishing a book with ReThink press - the backstory The varied journeys into IT and contracting Impostor syndrome for permies and contractors alike. CapEx vs OpEx
People in this episode
Host: Tim Abell
Guest: Neil Millard
Topics covered
- contracting
- mental health
- impostor syndrome
- self-publishing
- IT careers
Keywords
- contracting
- mental health
- impostor syndrome
- self-publishing
- IT careers
- advice
- journey
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: ReThink press, Amazon, The Ministry of Inspiration
Books & works: Confident Contractor
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