Ask HN: how to raise £600 by the end of the week freelancing?
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You'd probably have more luck finding work at meetup. There's an HN Meetup in London tomorrow. http://bit.ly/YzG6eN
That's not a bad idea but I'm based further north and getting to London would be too expensive for this month.
It could be tough to get some tech gig within such a short time, that too for that much amount.
I can think of only the following options.
- Try to contact any training institutes near you where you could quickly give PHP lessons.
- Try subletting your place and get some cash in hand.
- At the same time, try to find some online work.
- Find some part time work - non-tech related or even manual work.
Wish you good luck
Wish you good luck
Could you get a bank loan to cover it?
You are a business, presumably with a track record of getting paid, so if you don't already have a loan, that could be a good option. Even the fact you haven't been paid for a while shouldn't create too much of a problem if you explain the situation (that you have been working), and e.g. produce a contract.
You are a business, presumably with a track record of getting paid, so if you don't already have a loan, that could be a good option. Even the fact you haven't been paid for a while shouldn't create too much of a problem if you explain the situation (that you have been working), and e.g. produce a contract.
I just got done reading this thread:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4585435
One of the things people suggested was contacting every web/dev shop around you. The good ones usually have more work than they can handle.
One of the things people suggested was contacting every web/dev shop around you. The good ones usually have more work than they can handle.
It's Tuesday now. So you need $785usd by Friday... Hmm, I have a web application that needs work done but I'm not sure I have enough projects specc'd out to occupy that much time.
If you like, my email is in my profile and we can talk it over? I am hesitant to use this as a plea for work off HN - don't want to abuse the community and all but I won't turn things away :)
I emailed tclamattack about this posting inquiring about him doing some work and he seems pretty on the level.
To do some promotion for him, here's his company page: http://pitbot.net.
To do some promotion for him, here's his company page: http://pitbot.net.
Do you have a resume/portfolio?
Do you know of anywhere a UK based developer can find quick projects to get this money together? I'm a very experienced PHP developer and I can design too.
Thanks!