Jani Tarkiainen

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• Jani Tarkiainen Android Developer

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• Can you imagine sipping a yummy cold Thai
  mango-shake while sitting in a Finnish sauna,
  sweating and boosting your blood circulation? No?
  Maybe our freelancer of the week Jani Tarkiainen
  can. The 25 year old Finn specialized in Android
  development and currently lives and works in
  Thailand. Lets hear more about his life and
  resume. And maybe he will reveal whether there
  are any saunas in Thailand at all

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• 1) First off, can you tell us a bit about
  yourself?
• Hello, my name is Jani Tarkiainen. I'm a 25 year
  old Android developer. I studied software
  engineering at a Finnish university called
  Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences. After 2
  years of studying I went abroad to Bangkok,
  Thailand for exchanges studies. After the
  exchange studies and some abroad work experience
  on Android development I went back to Finland to
  finish my bachelor's degree in software
  engineering and now I'm back in Thailand. I have
  been running my own one man Finnish Software
  Company by freelancing and I have been building
  my own apps for the last nine months (since July
  2014) here from sunny Thailand.

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• 2) If you would search for your profile on
  Google, which are the three keywords you would
  type in the search bar?
• Android developer, problem solving, passion for
  programming

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• 3) What was your inspiration and when did you
  actually decide to become a freelancer?
• During my studies and some hobby Android
  development projects it became clear to me that I
  want to be working in Android development, so I
  decided to build an Android app as my bachelor's
  degree's final project. After the final project
  was done, I still wanted to continue working on
  my own apps and at the same time earn my living.
  So the decision was easy. I established my own
  one man company which I use for freelancing on
  Android projects and creating my own apps. I'm
  about to finish my current project and I'll be
  ready for full-time or part-time contracts.

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• 4) What kind of services have your clients asked
  you to provide?
• I have been working on all aspects related to
  Android development. Writing specifications,
  development, maintenance, publishing the app,
  giving advices to clients on best practices and
  also brainstorming new ideas for a client's app.

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• 5) Do you use other freelancers or companies to
  provide skills that you dont possess?
• Sure I do. It's smart to build a team/network
  that can overcome even the hardest tasks. After
  all, it will ease my work life if I can
  concentrate on things I'm best at and also the
  client gets the best possible solution. If other
  skills are needed, I can recommend my contacts to
  the client for specific tasks or handle the
  project management in the middle, depending on
  the will of client and my freelance contacts.
• I have teamed up with one SEO company, some
  freelance designers and also one mid-size
  software development company.

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• 6) Now tell us, how do you find new clients that
  are interested in your services?
• At first, I got freelance projects from my old
  employer. Now I have my own website with my
  portfolio and I started writing an Android
  development blog, hoping to get some new clients
  from there. Also huge thanks to my friend Antti
  Sundberg at seoseon.com for his help in online
  marketing and especially SEO towards markets in
  Nordic countries.

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• 7) What about freelancermap.com? Can you tell us
  a little bit about your experience with our
  IT-network?
• I'm new to freelancermap but the website looks
  very promising. The project quality on
  freelancermap seems to be better than what I've
  seen on other freelancing networks. Clients are
  having better descriptions what skills they are
  looking for and they are also willing to pay a
  good price for the suitable talents.

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• 8) How do you set yourself apart from your
  competitors? What makes you special? 
• I am easy to communicate with. I spend time to
  understand the client's needs and always trying
  to offer better solution if there is one
  available. Also I'm fully focused on Android
  platforms so I have very deep understanding of
  Android SDK and the common libraries for Android
  development.

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• 9) What are the top three books, blogs or
  magazines you read to stay up to date in the
  IT-market?
• Mostly I use flipboard and social sites for
  scrolling news and if I want information of some
  specific topic I'll just google. The interesting
  news I tend to save to pocket app so I can check
  those later from my phone or desktop.

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• 10) Freestyle! Is there anything you would like
  to tell our readers?
• Programming like anything else is all about
  passion and hard work. People are not born as
  great programmers, but with passion and hard work
  a person can become one.

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