Want to become a top 3% freelancer? Or are you a company looking to work with the top freelancers? This video is for you!
In this episode of Talk Tech with Tiff, I had the pleasure of speaking with Margaux, Toptal's Global Director of Community. Margaux gave me an inside look at what it takes to become one of the top 3% of freelancers who work on Toptal's exclusive platform. Toptal is the world's largest fully-remote workforce.
Toptal connects the world's leading companies with an elite network of top freelance software developers, designers, finance experts, product managers, and project managers. Only the very best are accepted into Toptal's network of expert freelancers who take on important projects for top companies around the globe.
Margaux shared great insights on how freelancers can reach the high bar needed to join Toptal's exclusive community and also what Toptal’s clients can expect from their freelancers.
Learn more about Toptal here: topt.al/AAckGg
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:29 What does the Global Director of Community at Toptal do?
6:14 The flexibility that freelancing gives you
7:54 What can freelancers expect when applying to get on Toptal
11:14 Is there a skill or characteristic that seems to be common among the top successful freelancers?
13:11 Identifying the clients needs when freelancing
13:54 How important is effective communication?
16:50 Soft skills vs technical skils: do you need both?
19:29 The importance of having a community in the freelancing world
23:10 Having multiple streams of freelancing income
24:40 What is a success story of a freelancer in tech?
31:35 The fear of layoffs
34:04 What advice can you give someone who wants to get into freelancing?
36:08 What is advice you would give to your younger self?
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