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Alternatively you can work on freelancer.com There are many rivals but surely you can take a small job in 1-2 weeks. After that it will be much more easy to hav

Alternatively you can work on freelancer.com There are many rivals but surely you can take a small job in 1-2 weeks. After that it will be much more easy to have a steady income whenever you wish.

JoshTriplett 10y ago
That's not a passive income, though.
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kbart 10y ago
Online freelancing service is usually race to the bottom as you have to compete with people from all other the world. For many of them, 100$ is a lot of money. I've done few projects this way then gave up, it's simply not worth the time. If you are willing to invest so much time, getting a part time job might be a better idea.
- wsc981 10y ago
  I've been living for a year in Thailand and made contact with a Russian who plans to live here. He is a PHP / web dev. When he started on Upwork, he earned maybe less than $5 an hour for his work. Last time I talked with him, he completed lots of projects and he managed to increase his rate to $25 an hour. I think in the future he'll be able to ask even more from his clients, since his customers are generally happy with his work and keep giving him more work. Of course, in many places in the work $25 an hour is still very little money and it takes a lot of effort to get there. But if one can manage to move to another country, it could be worthwhile. Certainly in Thailand one can easily live from $25 an hour, even when only working a few hours a day.
  - icebraining 10y ago
    Maybe he should try learning a new language/tech, though; I got $50/hr gigs without much trouble for projects using a Python-based stack. It probably doesn't keep the pipeline full, but it sure moves up the average income.
    - maccard 10y ago
      Where are you picking up the projects?
      - icebraining 10y ago
        Elance (no longer available) and Upwork.
- icebraining 10y ago
  My issue with those sites is that most clients seem to expect people doing it fulltime, ie, available for video conference meetings at their chosen time, available during the day for chat, etc. It wasn't something I could do without interfering with my day job.
- HeyLaughingBoy 10y ago
  It's worth it if you can find the right niche and stick to very small projects. I do a few hours writing code for people all over the world (my most frequent client is in Dubai) each week that works out to around $40-$60/hour and it's fun. Larger projects come in closer to $100/hour. It's the kind of thing I'd be doing as a hobby anyway, but I get paid for it. Hint: avoid the freelancer sites and instead hang out on developer/hobby code sites. You'll soon see that there are a fair number of people asking for help and are willing to pay, but most of the experienced developers just make fun of them. That's your opportunity! It's amazing how much money you can make by just being nice.
  - vijayr 10y ago
    Any examples of the developer/hobby sites?
  - tomdeleu 10y ago
    Care to elaborate on the hobby sites? I can't imagine these kinds of deals happening on Stackoverflow to just name an example.
- waterphone 10y ago
  Online freelancing, where you're competing with a global marketplace, for sure. If you want to get any sort of decent money from it, find and work for local clients in your actual area for short-term projects.

Alternatively you can work on freelancer.com There are many rivals but surely you can take a small job in 1-2 weeks. After that it will be much more easy to have a steady income whenever you wish.

JoshTriplett 10y ago

That's not a passive income, though.

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kbart 10y ago

Online freelancing service is usually race to the bottom as you have to compete with people from all other the world. For many of them, 100$ is a lot of money. I've done few projects this way then gave up, it's simply not worth the time. If you are willing to invest so much time, getting a part time job might be a better idea.

wsc981 10y ago
I've been living for a year in Thailand and made contact with a Russian who plans to live here. He is a PHP / web dev. When he started on Upwork, he earned maybe less than $5 an hour for his work. Last time I talked with him, he completed lots of projects and he managed to increase his rate to $25 an hour. I think in the future he'll be able to ask even more from his clients, since his customers are generally happy with his work and keep giving him more work. Of course, in many places in the work $25 an hour is still very little money and it takes a lot of effort to get there. But if one can manage to move to another country, it could be worthwhile. Certainly in Thailand one can easily live from $25 an hour, even when only working a few hours a day.
- icebraining 10y ago
  Maybe he should try learning a new language/tech, though; I got $50/hr gigs without much trouble for projects using a Python-based stack. It probably doesn't keep the pipeline full, but it sure moves up the average income.
  - maccard 10y ago
    Where are you picking up the projects?
    - icebraining 10y ago
      Elance (no longer available) and Upwork.
icebraining 10y ago
My issue with those sites is that most clients seem to expect people doing it fulltime, ie, available for video conference meetings at their chosen time, available during the day for chat, etc. It wasn't something I could do without interfering with my day job.
HeyLaughingBoy 10y ago
It's worth it if you can find the right niche and stick to very small projects. I do a few hours writing code for people all over the world (my most frequent client is in Dubai) each week that works out to around $40-$60/hour and it's fun. Larger projects come in closer to $100/hour. It's the kind of thing I'd be doing as a hobby anyway, but I get paid for it. Hint: avoid the freelancer sites and instead hang out on developer/hobby code sites. You'll soon see that there are a fair number of people asking for help and are willing to pay, but most of the experienced developers just make fun of them. That's your opportunity! It's amazing how much money you can make by just being nice.
- vijayr 10y ago
  Any examples of the developer/hobby sites?
- tomdeleu 10y ago
  Care to elaborate on the hobby sites? I can't imagine these kinds of deals happening on Stackoverflow to just name an example.
waterphone 10y ago
Online freelancing, where you're competing with a global marketplace, for sure. If you want to get any sort of decent money from it, find and work for local clients in your actual area for short-term projects.