Freelance Software Development - VWorker - RentACoder

So I registered with http://www.VWorker.com to make some cash on the side. It looks like there are a lot of opportunities available to make some extra money.
Before I chose to start an account on their site I researched a few of the sites available for freelance software development. The reason I chose VWorker is cause they currently have the most secure system for getting paid...it reminds me kind of how half.com works in that you get paid every month on a specific date for what you made...so basically getting paid is taken care of by VWorker. Other sites appear to have similar system but VWorker also does arbitration if companies refuse to pay you for your services.
Registration was also quick and easy and required little effort, just some identity information and I was set up to start bidding. I'll see how things work.

Crunch week is over!

Well crunch week is finally over at work. Now comes deployment and fixing any major bugs that are found in the process of deployment/production.
I am going to be working this week on a few projects so maybe ill make a post about that...

Coders at Work...first 60 pages...

         So I have been reading this book, and I have really been enjoying the interviews it contains with some of the pioneer programmers of our days. One which was quite interesting was one of the main programmers of Netscape...He basically started programming at about 15 years old, dropped out of college but was still a successful programmer.
        In chapter 2 the second interview is with an Google employee who began programming at about age 5 in BASIC. Throughout Middle School he was making graphical games for kids and selling them(talk about crazy)...In High School he was making about 10k-25k on his FreeVote engine programmed in CGI which would generate voting polls. He generated this revenue through ads on the FreeVote site...by college year he was contracting to do programming work as well as starting projects of his own. I cant remember the name and don't have the book on me to look it up, but it was called like LiveJournal. anyhow I was very impressed with the success stories this book contains this far, as it is very motivational to any programmer.

Coders at Work

I just picked up this book. It includes a bunch of interviews with programmers that did big things for the computer industry, which should be interesting to read about. Its more of a non technical book since I feel like I tend to read more technical books and not enough literature about coding that may include good insight about the field of computer programming.
For anyone interested in reading about it as well here is a link.
Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming
Once I've started reading it ill be sure to write some reviews.

Finding time for everything...

     I have been giving thought to how to find time for things I enjoy to do as well as things I'd like to do. Being an avid game player and enjoying games on a daily basis can be very unproductive in many ways. There must be a balance to how much time is spent playing games and how much time is allocated for coding. Being the sole programmer and owner of Xelot Code LLC makes it difficult at times to work full time, play games, and find time to work my side jobs/ideas I want to create. I've given it some thought and here is what I think may be the secret to this problem...first of all there needs to be time management...This is key to any successful start up business. Without time management as a human being its easy to get drawn into the fun things that can be done with our time(Games, Outdoor activities, shopping, movies, etc).
     For starters making a schedule is one way to accomplish things that need to be done and also things that you would like to do. For instance, playing games every other day or once a week would be one way to still enjoy playing games, but also have time to be productive. It is something I will start to do with my time and get some of the project ideas done that I have been considered doing with my time.