Ask HN: What is the best way to find Contract work or Remote Part-time work?
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There's a set of monthly hiring threads right here on HN. In fact, the next one should be today. Look out for it later today.
Also, you can still reach out to people hiring in past threads:
https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring
Also, you can still reach out to people hiring in past threads:
https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring
Check out Gigster. Generally get around $100/hr, more for rush jobs/etc.
I really like Upwork. I've been getting surprisingly high paying long-term projects on there (anywhere from $50 to $100 per hour).
I would avoid platforms specialized in contract work or freelancing. Like you pointed out, too much competition for too cheap.
There are websites that specialize in WFH work such as weworkremotely.com or wfh.io. Not sure they advertise a lot of contracting position, but it doesn't hurt to apply and specify that you are interested in being a contractor.
Another approach: all this spam you get on linkedin from recruiters/hiring managers. Just start reading them and reply with "I'll do it. Remotely and as a contractor". Most won't be interested, but a few may go for it.
There are websites that specialize in WFH work such as weworkremotely.com or wfh.io. Not sure they advertise a lot of contracting position, but it doesn't hurt to apply and specify that you are interested in being a contractor.
Another approach: all this spam you get on linkedin from recruiters/hiring managers. Just start reading them and reply with "I'll do it. Remotely and as a contractor". Most won't be interested, but a few may go for it.
Thanks for your reply. Applied to a couple of jobs on WWR and WFH.io
As dudul has already pointed out, freelancing websites are a completely different game, people bid at way too cheaper rates.
I did some competitions (Design and Development) on TopCoder during undergrad days and was lucky enough to secure a place in top 3 couple of times. Key there is to choose a contest with less number of participations and patience.
Other than that, weworkremotely.com helps, browse some recent whoishiring threads. Might want to have a look at jobcombinator.io as well.
I did some competitions (Design and Development) on TopCoder during undergrad days and was lucky enough to secure a place in top 3 couple of times. Key there is to choose a contest with less number of participations and patience.
Other than that, weworkremotely.com helps, browse some recent whoishiring threads. Might want to have a look at jobcombinator.io as well.
Yeah, I'm waiting for tomorrow's whoishiring threads. I applied to a couple of jobs on Weworkremotely.com and wfh.io asking whether they are okay with a part-timer.
Try user groups for your languages / technologies of choice. I subscribe to a couple of Ruby user groups in the UK where jobs and contracts are routinely posted - in fact, it's how I found my current contract.
Yep, it is a good way to find a job but I live in India and part-time local work doesn't pay well.
What are the best places to find such work? I'm a full stack developer and I've worked extensively on PHP (Laravel mostly) on backend and HTML, CSS, Jquery, AnuglarJS and VueJS on the frontend side. Any other tips from people who do contract jobs?
Edit: Is $25 an hour too low for someone who 11 years of experience writing code. Since I'm just looking to make at least $2000 working part-time, $25x80hours a month works out for me initially.