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As a buyer I had a few good experiences finding contractors on Upwork. If “no one should ever use it,” does anyone have a good suggestion for a better place to
by burlesona 7y ago
As a buyer I had a few good experiences finding contractors on Upwork. If “no one should ever use it,” does anyone have a good suggestion for a better place to find good freelance coders for small projects?
- sixstringtheory 7y agoHN has its own dedicated monthly listing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20325924 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20325924 Also reach out to your network... I belong to several slack nodes that have channels just for contracts and leads are dropped in there pretty regularly.
- christianmm 7y agoAbsolutely do not use freelancer.com either. They charged my CC $54 when I closed my account. Shady site.
- repomies68 7y agoI think you can find good freelancers everywhere... And also bad ones. Whether upwork is good or not depends on your viewpoint. I think it is just a marketplace like everything else. I personally believe bigger value lies in longer relationships, therefore places like upwork should be just a place to get started.
- atiff 7y agoI have used Turtle for 2 projects and had an exceptional experience with both. Very well vetted devs, excellent platform and framework for managing them, and human customer service at (currently underpriced IMO) $55/hr. The two apps I’ve used Turtle for: - React site for my business - Ongoing Node integration work at about 10/hr per week. https://www.turtle.ai https://www.turtle.ai
- vlokshin 7y agoThanks for mentioning Turtle! Really appreciate it. (1) Great talent, (2) great customers, and (3) an easy to follow process (platform) are critical for making freelancing work. UpWork typically misses at least 2/3.
- tima101 7y agoGitHub worked well for me when I was hiring freelancers in the past and nowadays when I occasionally freelance.
- ilaksh 7y agoHow would you find freelance jobs on GitHub?