Razvan Coca – Linux C++ Developer

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• Razvan Coca
• Linux C Developer

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Razvan Coca Linux C Developer

• I find a couple of hours of daily walking are a
  major productivity boost. Our todays
  interviewee Razvan Coca is a C Developer and
  has been in the freelancing business for six
  month now. Originally he started out as a Senior
  Researcher at The National Institute of Material
  Physics in Bucharest. After working as a Software
  Developer for a few years, he now enjoys the
  advantages of being a freelancer and puts all his
  productivity in implementing some of his own
  ideas and realizing his clients projects

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Razvan Coca Linux C Developer

• 1) First off, can you tell us a bit about
  yourself?
• My name is Razvan Coca. Im from Bucharest,
  Romania. I am a Linux C developer with a
  physics degree. I usually do networking and
  protocols-related jobs as a freelancer. I also do
  algorithm-related jobs and code for physics
  simulations.
• Ive been freelancing for 6 months.

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Razvan Coca Linux C Developer

• 2) If you would search for your profile on
  Google, which are the three keywords you would
  type in the search bar?
• My freelancer profile on Freelancermap can be
  found through searching for freelancermap linux
  c. Other searches that would point towards me
  are mql4py, sFSMlib, asio-codegen, xmm-sum

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Razvan Coca Linux C Developer

• 3) What was your inspiration and when did you
  actually decide to become a freelancer?
• The startup I was working for the last year went
  out of business. At the same time I had some
  ideas that I wanted to see working. Freelancing
  provided a flexible balance between implementing
  my ideas and work for a living.

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Razvan Coca Linux C Developer

• 4) What kind of services have your clients asked
  you to provide?
• My clients asked for Linux/Windows C/C code.
  Topics were medical applications and protocols,
  kernel-level network configuration in Linux,
  physics code, data mining/classifiers, storage.

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Razvan Coca Linux C Developer

• 5) Do you use other freelancers or companies to
  provide skills that you dont possess?
• I didnt ask other freelancers to work for me
  yet. I might do so, when Ill have a product that
  is popular enough to need many features added
  quickly to it.

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Razvan Coca Linux C Developer

• 6) Now tell us, how do you find new clients that
  are interested in your services?
• I only used freelancing websites so far and Ive
  been contacted for help every now and then.

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Razvan Coca Linux C Developer

• 7) What about freelancermap.com? Can you tell us
  a little bit about your experience with our
  IT-network?
• Freelancermap has a clean/clear interface, and is
  full of jobs posted by serious clients. Not all
  of them are remote-work positions but jobs
  descriptions are very accurate and professional.

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Razvan Coca Linux C Developer

• 8) How do you set yourself apart from your
  competitors? What makes you special?
• I have a long work experience in telecom
  industry, a strong academic background, a keen
  interest in solving problems in a proper way and
  a bit of imagination. I still like math and it
  looks that I learn more of it every day.

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Razvan Coca Linux C Developer

• 9) What are the top three books, blogs or
  magazines you read to stay up to date in the
  IT-market?
• I enjoy reading DrDobbs Journal, checking
  isocpp.org site regularly, watching cppcon
  presentations or boostcon presentations. I try to
  learn from the best.

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Razvan Coca Linux C Developer

• 10) Freestyle! Is there anything you would like
  to tell our readers?
• I find a couple of hours of daily walking (with
  or without sunshine) are a major productivity
  boost.

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