How to go about getting freelance jobs?
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Don't be deceived. 10$ an hour on freelancer.com may seem like the norm, and you may well take some jobs that end up paying about that, but:
1. Not all skill areas pay that poorly. Look for an underserved area and exploit it.
2. Those low paying initial projects can turn into long term good paying clientele. I did exactly that with six iOS projects in 2011. The effective hourly rate on the initial jobs was 20-30, but once I had proved myself to the client, I would quote at 80-90 an hour, with no objections.
3. You're a student who can't take a fulltime job. In that situation 10$ an hour work from home isn't a bad deal.
See, for me, I don't really want to work if its $10/hr, because "just making money" isn't really my goal, and I would rather spend my time working with open source projects.
Thanks for the suggestion, though!
Thanks for the suggestion, though!
OSS is definitely an alternative. For me bidding on and winning iOS jobs was a way to motivate myself to grow my iOS skillset whilst getting paid.
Whats your skill set? I run a small design agency, where occasionally I need help with frontend/backend projects. Drop me a line if you want to chat
Ruby on Rails, Python, PHP (Symfony, CakePHP), MongoDB, MySQL, jQuery, Javascript, C/C++, algorithms.
I learn new things pretty quickly, too.
How would you like me to contact you?
I learn new things pretty quickly, too.
How would you like me to contact you?
wait til fabric. ;)
I'm a student, and I can't take a fulltime job.
I also can't move anywhere.
So, I'm stuck with jobs that are:
1) telecommuting 2) short term contracts, or part time
How would I go about find jobs like these?
I'm a pretty competent programmer and I would rather not spend my time on places like freelancer.com where $10/hr is considered pretty good.
TinyProj fit the bill perfectly for me, but, unfortunately its been shut down.
Where should I go now?