[jiggy2011]

This just looks like another generic meaningless sticker that people stick all over their laptops.

If you really want people in coffeeshops to approach you try something more personal and direct. "I'm xxxx. I build websites/applications, feel free to say hi,let's chat!" or whatever.

[neilk]

Yeah. For a long time I had a crude X in black duct tape on my laptop, and no other stickers. Almost everybody asks what it means because... it looks like it means something.

It doesn't mean anything; I bought this laptop & went directly to a conference, and just wanted it to look slightly distinctive, and the duct tape was all I had. It does cover the Apple logo so it looks like I hate Apple or something (I do hate excessive and ostentatious branding).

I kept it because I kept having conversations about it. Even baristas remember me as the guy with the X.

It's odd but I don't think a logo has any meaning any more, because real life turned into Nascar.

[mindcrime]

Yeah. For a long time I had a crude X in black duct tape on my laptop, and no other stickers. Almost everybody asks what it means because... it looks like it means something.

If I saw that, I would probably have assumed you were just a huge X-Files fan or something.

Actually, thinking about it now, I think the next laptop I buy, I'm going to put an X like that on there, along with a small sticker that just says "I Want To Believe".

[neilk]

FYI: it didn't hurt my laptop, but, over time, the glue from the duct tape melts and fills the depression in the Apple logo. Removing it is not fun.

[mindcrime]

the depression in the Apple logo

Well, that's one problem I won't have to worry about. :-)

[cgrusden]

Agreed. Or what Github did with their t-shirts, where it said, "github.com/________" and you filled it in with a sharpie.

[setrofim_]

That's a lot to put on a sticker -- people aren't going to read that. Maybe something a bit snappier, e.g. "Freelance coder: available for gigs" or something.

I would question, however, whether putting a sticker of any kind is gonna help you score gigs. I mean, if you were looking for a coder, would you really approach some random guy/gal in a coffee shop based solely on a sticker on their laptop and knowing nothing else about them?

Maybe having a sticker with a link to your github, as suggested by others, would be more useful (if your user id is memorable).

[jiggy2011]

Depends what you are going for, unless you are looking for people who are already reasonably tech savvy your potential customers might not know that github is a thing.

I full sentence briefly explaining what you do, and more importantly giving people permission to interrupt you would stand out more than just some random sticker.

[pizza]

It's more than usual, but most people don't stop reading small bits of text mid-sentence. Plus, serendipity is a wonderful thing.

[kurtfunai]

I've got a Github sticker on my laptop. It's sort of a "Hey, I'm a developer" flag, maybe it'll lead to some good conversation one day.

[bede]

Me too! I've had a few 'why's there a weird cat sticker on your laptop' comments but it's also generated a handful of double takes / knowing smiles at University, and has sparked several interesting conversations on trains between Manchester and London, in one of which I was offered a job.

[cstuder]

Conversations with other developers, yes.