A couple of days ago I posted a video tutorial on my blog, JeradHill.Com/blog, about the benefits of setting up a Google Profile. The about or info page on countless apps I have used and reviewed usually has the developer’s name and/or link to their website listed in the app. What I rarely see on these websites or about us links is any information about the app developer that would put the average person or company at ease about hiring them to develop an app. When it comes to software development it is easy for a person to take money and provide next to nothing in return. I am sure many of you have heard stories and maybe even fell victim to someone who said they could deliver and did not. In software development I can promise you that the job will go to not necessarily the person who can name off the most languages they can proficiently code in but the one who is most transparent about them self and can show that they plan to stick around for a while. The best way to show that you are in it for the long haul is to put your face out there and information about you. I would not suggest getting to personal or providing your home address and contact information but you need to put enough out there that it would break down that wall that could be keeping someone from hiring you to develop their app.
Use my profile as an example. I barely scratch the surface as to what I am about but I provide enough information to let a person know that I am human and that my heart pumps warm blood. In a world where deception is getting easier it is more important then ever to show that you are real and that you care about what you do.
My Google Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/hill.jerad
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