[thelist] [OT] Describing role of individual developer operating as a company

Austin Harris austin at dotmail.co.uk
Mon Feb 26 08:17:10 CST 2007


I work as a freelance / contract developer and have my own company.

All I put is a "Trading as Austin Harris Ltd" under my initial details.

They don't meed to know / care about anything else...

Austin

 
> > Recently, I was required to submit a formal technical resumé of
> myself
> > > for a business offer, and I have a problem describing my role in
> the
> > > company precisely. It is in effect a one-man company, and my
> > > "official" role is as it's "sole proprietor", which somehow sounds
> too
> > > absurd in a technical resumé, IMHO. Will "web developer" undermine
> my
> > > role in running the company (which honestly isn't much more than
> a
> > > couple of hours of paperwork every year)? Should I stick to "web
> > > developer" and briefly mention that I also run the company?
> > >
> > > Any ideas most appreciated. And, apologies if this is way off
> topic.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Vijay Immanuel
> >
> >
> > It doesn't seem to me that the inner workings of your company are
> > important. Remember this is a 'formal technical resume', so keep
> focus
> > on 'technical'.






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