Re: Is "GWT Consulting" a viable career path?

Thanks guys....all good points.    

On Friday, February 15, 2013 8:13:09 AM UTC-8, Glenn wrote:

I learned GWT back at 1.2 or so to more easily put a web front end on my server side code.  I have fairly wide and deep experience in server-side and cloud technologies, but it's the GWT on my resume that keeps recruiters calling week after week, year after year.  I've taken several GWT jobs, including two work-from-home jobs lasting a couple years.  I've had to make an actual effort to steer towards server-side programming for a change.  It seems like a strong market for a one-man operation to me.

Good Luck,
Glenn


On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 11:18:18 AM UTC-7, frankwal...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi everyone.  I've been working with GWT for several years (since 1.5) at 2 different companies, building medium/large enterprise web applications.  I love working with GWT, but don't always love the "employee" lifestyle, having to worry about conserving the tiny amount of PTO I get whenever I want to take a day or two off, set working hours, pointless meetings, etc.  I also like the variety of switching projects every now and then.  Therefore, I'm toying with the idea of starting my own 1-man consulting company, ideally working on projects lasting somewhere between 1 week and 3 months.  

I know this is kind of off topic, but I figured this would be the perfect community to ask.  Has anyone else done something like this?  Is there a large enough market for shorter term GWT specialists, or are the types of projects that use GWT generally more complex/longer term projects?  If so, any advice on how to go about finding jobs would be awesome.  

Thanks!

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