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Videos on how to protect your website against hackers - and on making money in freelance coding

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DC member Arne Thönes posts about his latest technical programming videos, but also about a new introductory video he made on making more money as a freelance programmer, which i think is worth watching by anyone starting out in the freelance coding business:

I'm excited to say that part 2 of my video series is available at aachen-method.com. I'm covering Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and how you can protect your website against it..

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I also recorded a new introductory video for you where I talk about how people (read: employers) can't help the perception that expensive equals best. This is supposed to serve as a sneak peek of part 3 of my video series and it's a somewhat simplified version of the reality. I'm not suggesting that you should just start charging $500/hour like a lawyer and half a dozen hot chicks will immediately surround you because they will think you are the s***.

http://www.aachen-method.com

Of course the technical PHP videos are more interesting to me -- but i think the intro video would be useful to people starting out doing freelance stuff, especially people who are highly skilled and charging *low* rates, and wondering why they are having trouble finding work.  The explanation of the problem is probably more likely to make sense than reading an academic article on the subject, and is certainly more entertaining.
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