Without any doubt, every job-seeker should have a decent CV. A resume should introduce you — briefly, vividly, and effectively. How to make it a starting point for your stellar career? A luring storefront of your professional life So, you are an IT professional looking for a decent developer job. You’ve googled all day long […]
Learn about the secrets of the most popular bidding marketplace for freelancer developers — and build a star profile that brings you maximum profit!
Why you should hire Eastern European developers: high quality, wide variety, affordable price, great English, cultural similarities, high quality education and convenient location
10 tips for getting clients as a freelance front-end developer: define your why, choose a niche, legal research, set an income goal, find your audience, decide on the price, create a portfolio, choose a platform, work on your brand, join a community.
If you are a strong Middle or Senior web developer, it would be good to know about lucrative remote options. One of them is Lemon.io, a marketplace offering European specialists to the blossoming American startups. How much can you earn there — and what do you get in addition to the decent rate?
Practical tips and ideas on how to overcome competition on freelance platforms for freelance developers
What do startups do if they can’t get in-house specialists? Mostly, they resort to outsourcing or outstaffing. What’s the difference, and how does it work?
What are the options for IT specialists who don’t want to face wage dumping — but remain faithful to freelance?
Practical tips on landing your first client as a freelance developer. How to build your personal brand, how to identify your potential clients, how to search and find your first client.
Legal aspects of working with marketplaces always matter. For our developers, we offer this analysis of the crucial points from our Terms of Use. Enjoy Lemon.io responsibly!
Everything you should know about our job interviews at Lemon.io: what can you ask, what should you prepare, and how to make them a starting point to a successful career
On every marketplace, your profile is a crucial selling point. How to build a successful Upwork profile? Read on to learn.
We don’t hit the Like button under our selfie — we show you the unvarnished truth of the frontal camera. No self-praise — just facts. ]We give you the most extended description of our inner mechanics for vetted developers to be as objective as possible.
Hey there, mighty Developer! Are you struggling with self-organization or looking for ways to improve your workflow? You are in the right place! In this article, we will give you tools for long- and short-term planning, talk about daily routines and task management tools, as well as the importance of fun, rest, and community.
What are freelance marketplaces for developers? How much kinds of such marketplaces are out there? How do vetting ones differ from bidding ones? Let’s dive in deeper!
Longing to leave your company and go floating in the calm freelance waters — but afraid of the new reality and the need to regularly sell yourself for daily bread? You’re not the only one. But is there really no alternative to this routine?..
What commissions do different marketplaces charge? Who pays the commissions – customers or developers? Learn all the info from our comprehensive guide.
Many of you have been asking us about the current situation in Ukraine. And we understand your concerns: you have been working with us for quite some time now, and a significant part of our staff and developers are precisely from Ukraine. Who’s better to ask?
We’ll answer your most common questions in this open letter — the questions we’re hearing during the calls and reading in your emails. We hope it helps.
The year 2022 continued the booming application development trend, concisely expressed in the line “Everything you need needs an app.” Boosted by the (post-)pandemic demand of the people secluded in their homes and unable to communicate live, application development continues to skyrocket. So, it’s the most logical and wise step for both junior and senior […]
Lemon.io is a marketplace delivering the best European programmers to the top American companies since 2015. Many entrepreneurs inquire, how do we make sure our devs are the best ones. There are two ways to answer. The short one is a pic on our main page. For the lovers of long-form narratives, we proudly offer […]
How does the COVID pandemic shape the business of mobile apps? Learn more about the latest top trends in mobile app development — and be ready for future changes! Introduction In 2020, people spent on average 3.5 hours a day on mobile apps. Pandemic has brought us all home and grasping at any chance to […]
Are you trying to hunt developers to join your small but promising team but they all seem not too eager to come onboard? We know that feeling! And it gets worse if you’re building an app using the same tech stack giants like Google, Facebook, Apple, etc. are using. I mean it feels unfair to […]
Believe it or not but studies have shown that startup owners spend up to 40% of their time on hiring (and other tasks that do not generate income). Now, they could have been making money, working on their product, looking for the first investors, and strengthening their network. Yet, they’re stuck ankle-deep, fighting to find […]
What does the future of work look like for freelancers? How will they combine working and pitching? Learn more about it from our article!
Do you want this world to be a better place? We bet you do. Mark Zuckerberg, Kevin Systrom, and Luis von Ahn wanted it too when they started building their apps that became the best in their niches. If you want to follow their paths, here is one surprising fact for you to know: in […]
IT companies have mixed emotions when it comes to working with freelance developers. On the one hand, freelancers are alleged to offer a cost-effective collaboration, but on the other, can their quality be trusted? While the internet is flooded with tons of articles trying to answer these questions, only a very few of them will […]
In the complex world of AI solutions, innovation is a constant. As software continues to rapidly evolve, so does the evolution of programming languages. However, the newest ways are not always the best ways. And the trusted methods are usually seen as such for good reason. Java, for example, unmistakably falls into this category. Launched […]
There’s no denying that pandemic’s led to the rise of freelance developers. We’ve collected hard data to demostrate just how much it resaped the freelance market. Read on to find out!
A simple yet reliable way to evaluate a developer When you are looking for a new developer, at some point all resumes start looking more or less the same. Pretty often, it all boils down to what technologies a developer is familiar with, and what projects they’ve had experience with before. There is nothing wrong […]
Early December 2016 It’s been 3 months since the start of my journey. I’ve just run out of money and was supposed to go from India to Malaysia. Everything was going according to my plan. I knew I was going to spend my savings in the first 3 months and had to find a freelance […]
The scariest ghosts are the employers who disappear without paying you. Learn what you can do to minimize the risks of being ghosted, and how to act if you have become subject to such behavior.
Beginner web development startups often face unexpected difficulties. Learn about the typical web development challenges and problems young startups have to deal with, and learn how to overcome them.
As a project manager, you may need to deliver technical requirements for new websites to developers – even if you lack coding experience. Fret not, our detailed guide on briefing web developers will help you survive this daunting task
As a new company, your clients are the measure of your success. Want to get them? Then use these proven and effective customer acquisition strategies from our list.
Are you a customer looking for a freelancer to hire? Browsing freelance platforms for a job as a contractor? Read this article to learn more about the bidding and non-bidding freelance platforms from both perspectives
