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How to go about getting freelance jobs?
Hi,
I'm a student, and I can't take a fulltime job.
I also can't move anywhere.
So, I'm stuck with jobs that are:
1) telecommuting
2) short term contracts, or part time
How would I go about find jobs like these?
I'm a pretty competent programmer and I would rather not spend my time on places like freelancer.com where $10/hr is considered pretty good.
TinyProj fit the bill perfectly for me, but, unfortunately its been shut down.
Where should I go now?
- twog 15y agoWhats your skill set? I run a small design agency, where occasionally I need help with frontend/backend projects. Drop me a line if you want to chat
- dhaivatpandya 15y agoRuby on Rails, Python, PHP (Symfony, CakePHP), MongoDB, MySQL, jQuery, Javascript, C/C++, algorithms. I learn new things pretty quickly, too. How would you like me to contact you?
- eburley 15y agoDon't be deceived. 10$ an hour on freelancer.com may seem like the norm, and you may well take some jobs that end up paying about that, but: 1. Not all skill areas pay that poorly. Look for an underserved area and exploit it. 2. Those low paying initial projects can turn into long term good paying clientele. I did exactly that with six iOS projects in 2011. The effective hourly rate on the initial jobs was 20-30, but once I had proved myself to the client, I would quote at 80-90 an hour, with no objections. 3. You're a student who can't take a fulltime job. In that situation 10$ an hour work from home isn't a bad deal.
- dhaivatpandya 15y agoSee, for me, I don't really want to work if its $10/hr, because "just making money" isn't really my goal, and I would rather spend my time working with open source projects. Thanks for the suggestion, though!
- eburley 15y agoOSS is definitely an alternative. For me bidding on and winning iOS jobs was a way to motivate myself to grow my iOS skillset whilst getting paid.
- jordanbrown 15y agowait til fabric. ;)