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In today’s rapidly advancing day and age, one would think gender no longer plays a role in work. Far from it - this view of technology being “male” centric is a notion that continues to persist even today and prevents many girls and young women from even considering the exciting professional field of IT.
Freelancers face a lot of challenges in their day-to-day lives. How do we know what our community on freelancermap.com finds difficult? It’s simple, we asked you!
2022 was a challenging year for freelancers. Despite the horrendous shortage of skilled workers, companies have advertised fewer jobs over the past few months due to the inflation, which in turn has led to uncertainties and insecurities. Nevertheless, freelance experts can look to the future with optimism: Highly specialised IT talents in...
With the pandemic bringing the world to a standstill, work schedules and routines were turned upside down in almost all industries around the globe. Many companies were forced to make drastic changes which resulted in the reshaping of work as we know it. This article explores trends surrounding the modern workplace and talks about the future of...
The latest version of Python – Python 3.11 – is out now. But should developers opt for an upgrade just after its release? This post will talk about some of the major improvements as well as the current challenging areas of the newest Python version to help you decode the right time to switch to it. The evolution of Python...
As the talent market is gaining more and more attention, your company might be thinking of hiring independent contractors. Like the employees of your company, freelancers also need to go through an onboarding process.
Web frameworks are very important as they ease the development process. They contain many in-built tools and features for a web development standard. Frameworks reduce the time of development, and because of this, the production stage takes place earlier than the estimated time. So, the choice of a framework directly influences the success of a...
The Freelance Business Month (FBM), taking place each October, is an initiative designed to unite the freelance ecosystem and show the power of growing independent businesses. Learn more!
Cognitive computing is a trend over the last few years. This technology is developing at a very fast pace helping businesses to manage and processes an enormous flow of information.
The trend of the Metaverse is a topic that’s been gaining popularity with every passing moment. The fully-realised digital world is now paving the way for the future of the internet. So what does this mean for freelancers? And what exactly do IT experts think about the Metaverse? At freelancermap, we ran a short survey among our freelance...