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Ask HN: Good sources to find part-time contract work?
I have been having trouble finding a new web dev job for a while, but recently luck fell in my favor and found a new contract job I'm enjoying. This job sort of fell on my lap, rather effortlessly compared to other job interviews I've had. It's also not web dev related, and in a language I've wanted to get professional experience in (C#).
It's also a part-time job which makes my current situation interesting. I'd like to supplant it with another contract job as otherwise I'm not being paid well enough as I would as a full-time contractor. So I have a few months till this contract expires, and ideally I'd like to get a second part-time contract (preferably also in C#) to fill the rest of my time.
Where should I go to get another part time programming job like this? I know part-time is not very common in software development. Am I required to take a more freelancer approach to this? I also don't want to use those freelance job sites that create a race to the bottom in price and quality due to global competition.
- pcunite 9y agoAt the end of this contract, can you ask your current contractor for leads? Depending on the area you live in, nature of the work, perhaps you could visit a local chamber of commerce meeting and find opportunities to start conversations about how you can help.
- ccdev 9y agoI plan on doing that towards the end. I'm just looking for a way to get another contract job concurrently with this one. Don't think the local CoC would work as this is a remote job and every developer in the team works remotely.
- SirLJ 9y agoI have found good developers for small projects on upwork.com in the past and was quite happy as a customer, not sure about the other side tough... One thing I can tell you, I never took the lowest offer but had quick chats with every developer to see what knowledge they had on the subject - stock trading in my case, before hiring them... For me what was important was a quick and quality work, not to save few thousand dollars...
- ccdev 9y agoI found Upwork.com too restrictive but I might give Freelancer and Bonsai a shot again. I'm hoping I can at least find a good client in a smaller niche. To be more specific my contract job is working on a commercial indie game title. I've been mostly doing speed optimization and computer graphics work.
- Mz 9y agohttp://gigworks.blogspot.com/2017/04/moonlight-work-for-software-engineers.html http://gigworks.blogspot.com/2017/04/moonlight-work-for-soft...