Confident Contractor: Thriving in It Contracting and Beyond

Fed up with jumping through someone else’s IT hoops at work? Ready to take the leap and be your own boss?

Confident Contractor is the one-stop guide for setting out on your own. Backed up by two decades of IT contracting experience, this book provides practical guidance and actionable strategies for managing the day-to-day reality of running your own business and working for yourself in IT contracting, as well as tips and tricks that will help you succeed long-term.

Understand how to:

∙ Build robust business systems from the outset

∙ Manage cash flow efficiently and safeguard your financial stability

∙ Satisfy compliance requirements and minimise risk and legal liabilities

∙ Negotiate contracts to maximise your earning potential

∙ Build strong client relationships that generate repeat business and client recommendations

Neil Millard is an award-winning DevOps expert with more than twenty years of IT contracting experience. He is passionate about helping aspiring IT contractors succeed in the fast-moving IT sector and runs the Confident Contractor course to share his expertise in negotiating contracts, navigating compliance, building successful client relationships, and when and how to level up.