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I don't understand why he would blame Freelancer and not himself. How do you even sleep at night if you rely completely on one platform? It's also widely known

by nik736 9y ago

I don't understand why he would blame Freelancer and not himself. How do you even sleep at night if you rely completely on one platform? It's also widely known that all those sites suck and the same story happens over and over again.

tertius 9y ago
If they are holding his money without good reason then he has reason to blame them. Regardless of other bad choices you think he may have made.
mantas 9y ago
All of those platforms are designed to make developers platform-exclusive. The rating on a platform is extremely important to get new projects. You're shown higher, as more "relevant" offer and so on. At the same time, it's hard to have enough of good and recent feedback on multiple sites. The market is so saturated that staying relevant (in platform's and clients' eyes) is getting hard. Even if you work on a single platform. One big project (e.g. building a nice app and then updates for it) and you're fucked. One review a year won't get you far. Especially if subsequent updates are handled off the platform. I worked with repeated clients as well as on my own products for a few years. Working my way back up on those platforms is miserable to say the least.
- quickben 9y ago
  So the harder, and more long term rewarding option, is to stay away from platforms.
  - mantas 9y ago
    The things is many of the clients are not really reachable without such platform. How would one advertise to a random mom&pop non-IT company on the other side of the globe? Personal site w/ portfolio would barely cut - they wouldn't even know what to google for. Arranging payment would be a huge hassle too. Working only locally is not a solution either.
    - quickben 9y ago
      I guess if one approaches this as an employee or entrepreneur. My reply is as an employee. I'd prefer to not chase JavaScript frameworks. I guess on the other side of the coin, one sort of has to these days if the entrepreneurial route is taken?
      - mantas 9y ago
        Did you reply to a wrong thread? I must be missing a link between the marketplaces and Javascript frameworks :(
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by nik736 9y ago

tertius 9y ago

If they are holding his money without good reason then he has reason to blame them. Regardless of other bad choices you think he may have made.

mantas 9y ago

All of those platforms are designed to make developers platform-exclusive. The rating on a platform is extremely important to get new projects. You're shown higher, as more "relevant" offer and so on. At the same time, it's hard to have enough of good and recent feedback on multiple sites. The market is so saturated that staying relevant (in platform's and clients' eyes) is getting hard. Even if you work on a single platform. One big project (e.g. building a nice app and then updates for it) and you're fucked. One review a year won't get you far. Especially if subsequent updates are handled off the platform. I worked with repeated clients as well as on my own products for a few years. Working my way back up on those platforms is miserable to say the least.

quickben 9y ago
So the harder, and more long term rewarding option, is to stay away from platforms.
- mantas 9y ago
  The things is many of the clients are not really reachable without such platform. How would one advertise to a random mom&pop non-IT company on the other side of the globe? Personal site w/ portfolio would barely cut - they wouldn't even know what to google for. Arranging payment would be a huge hassle too. Working only locally is not a solution either.
  - quickben 9y ago
    I guess if one approaches this as an employee or entrepreneur. My reply is as an employee. I'd prefer to not chase JavaScript frameworks. I guess on the other side of the coin, one sort of has to these days if the entrepreneurial route is taken?
    - mantas 9y ago
      Did you reply to a wrong thread? I must be missing a link between the marketplaces and Javascript frameworks :(

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