<commit_before>---
title:  "A Fresh Start"
date:   2015-07-10 10:18:00
description: My first blog.
---

A month ago I decided to become a freelancer. After spending 2 years in a company in Manila, I have had a great time learning all sorts of technology but mainly [Ruby on Rails][ror] and [AngularJS][angular]. Thanks to my seniors and colleagues for unselfishly sharing all knowledge and resources. This really made me a competent programmer.

I heard all about freelancing perks such as time freedom and picking your own project. This is great if you have clients to work with, but for starters like me I guess it’s a gamble. With all the talented coders out there not to mention their years of experience being a freelancer with portfolios to show off, it’s really hard to compete and bid for projects.

Luckily, a client of my former company decided to hire me as a freelance/contractor. Thanks to my former boss for allowing me to engage directly. So I guess it’s no luck, but I call it God’s grace.

Nevertheless, I guess it’s a fresh start for me and this blog. I will be posting my learnings here, maybe lots of *AngularJS or Ruby on Rails*, who knows.

[ror]: http://rubyonrails.org/
[angular]: https://angularjs.org/
<commit_msg>Hide Fresh start.<commit_after>---
title:  "A Fresh Start"
date:   2015-07-10 10:18:00
description: My first blog.
published: false
---

A month ago I decided to become a freelancer. After spending 2 years in a company in Manila, I have had a great time learning all sorts of technology but mainly [Ruby on Rails][ror] and [AngularJS][angular]. Thanks to my seniors and colleagues for unselfishly sharing all knowledge and resources. This really made me a competent programmer.

I heard all about freelancing perks such as time freedom and picking your own project. This is great if you have clients to work with, but for starters like me I guess it’s a gamble. With all the talented coders out there not to mention their years of experience being a freelancer with portfolios to show off, it’s really hard to compete and bid for projects.

Luckily, a client of my former company decided to hire me as a freelance/contractor. Thanks to my former boss for allowing me to engage directly. So I guess it’s no luck, but I call it God’s grace.

Nevertheless, I guess it’s a fresh start for me and this blog. I will be posting my learnings here, maybe lots of *AngularJS or Ruby on Rails*, who knows.

[ror]: http://rubyonrails.org/
[angular]: https://angularjs.org/

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