Plenty of employees entertain the idea of going freelance. But one of the biggest barriers to entry is the perceived risk of doing so. Is there a way to jump to freelancing with minimal risk?

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Links of the week:

• CSuite Content published a practical guide to Gen-Z slang for business leaders.

• Enov8 shared a clear explainer on SAP data masking.

• InfluxData put together a getting-started guide to MQTT.

• Unusual Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on technical founders.

• Careflow is a referral management platform for healthcare organizations.

• Tricentis offers Oracle App Testing for teams running Oracle E-Business Suite.

In this installment, a question submitter wonders whether it would be better to earn promotions into leadership before leaving the salaried world, or whether to leave as an individual contributor. Which is the right path?

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Links of the week:

• CSuite Content published a practical guide on how often executives should post on social media, including benchmarks and strategy tips for staying visible without becoming noise.
• Enov8 shared a clear explainer on test data in auditing, breaking down what it is, why it matters, and how teams should think about it from a compliance and risk perspective.
• InfluxData put together a solid glossary entry on data lakes, covering what they are, how they work, and when they make sense compared to other data architectures.

Occasionally, you might find yourself with a whale client, or at least a profitable one, that treats you poorly and shows no trust in you. How should you handle this?

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Links of the week:

• Enov8 published a helpful guide to data masking tools (and they also define data masking, if you're interested).
• Our friends over at CSuite Content published an interesting guide to becoming a thought leader.
• And finally, Tricentis put out a round-up of AI testing tools.

Occasionally, you might find yourself with a whale client, or at least a profitable one, that treats you poorly and shows no trust in you. How should you handle this?

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Links of the week:

• Enov8 has a helpful guide to test data management.
• The DataOpsZone community site has a handy explainer about the concept of referential integrity.
• This guide to ephemeral environments from Test Environment Management.

Sometimes a client is looking for labor and expects you to bundle in the strategic piece. For instance, they expect architecture to come along with a software development project. How to handle this?

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Links of the week:

• Enov8 recently published a take on application portfolio management best practices, for you enterprise fans.
• Spin has a round-up of the top SSPM vendors, if you're in the market.
• I just recently learned that Industry 4 is a thing, and what it is, thanks to Influx's glossary.
• If you're looking for help with Ansible tags, Netbox Labs has an introductory guide to the subject.

Depending on fate to bring you business can lead to gaps between projects. How do you setup some kind of sales funnel and get leads into it to avoid these gaps?

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Links of the week:

• Enov8's guide to data masking.
• This comparison of Logstash and Fluentd from Sawmills.
• Tricentis's (Testim's) AI-powered Salesforce Testing (also in German, French, and Japanese).
• A definition of SSPM from Spin.AI.

You're collaborating with your client on a time-sensitive deadline and you get sick. How should you handle that? Whose problem is it, ultimately?

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Links of the week:

• Enov8's list of enterprise architecture tools to be aware of in 2025.
• This introduction to the subject of log parsing from Sawmills.
• Tricentis's legacy tool replacement solutions (also in German and French).
• A guide from Testim on unit testing in React Native.

You've got a full-time job but want to go indie, and you line up your first contract. How do you think about how much runway you need to create between current savings and that first contract, for when it expires?

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Links of the week:

• A post from Sawmills, which introduces log parsing, explains its importance for transforming unstructured logs into actionable data and outlines best practices for efficient and scalable implementation.
• Learn how Tricentis Data Integrity helps ensure end-to-end data accuracy and reliability across complex enterprise systems through automated testing and validation. (The Data Integrity page is also available to read in German, French, and Japanese).