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For those interested in consulting, IRC is a great way to find clients. You can both contribute your expertise and socialize and network with developers who sp
by gargarplex 10y ago
For those interested in consulting, IRC is a great way to find clients. You can both contribute your expertise and socialize and network with developers who specialize in technologies that you know well. I've found a great number of contractors through IRC (especially freenode). The fact that it requires a modicum of tech cred to navigate makes it a bit of a self-selecting pool, which is great.
- foo101 10y agoFor those of us who have not yet cracked the technique of finding clients via IRC, could you please share the name of a few channels where you could network and find clients?
- gargarplex 10y agoHang out in the channels associated with languages where you have expertise. If you're a php expert, contribute technical expertise in ##php and socialize in #phpc. And so forth. There's a list of channels here: http://irc.netsplit.de/channels/?net=freenode http://irc.netsplit.de/channels/?net=freenode My book (link in profile) offers a free chapter on finding clients if you sign up for the mailing list. IRC is discussed in depth.