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Upwork. Solely up work.
by freitzkriesler2 3y ago
Upwork. Solely up work.
- delfinom 3y agoWow, I tried upwork but it generally always seems to be entities in significantly cheaper countries underbidding everything. How did you get started to snap up your first jobs on it?
- frankreyes 3y agoNo idea on the specifics, but the theory goes like this : clients have been burned many times over cheap solutions. Cheaper is usually more expensive on the long run. For this to break the circle you need reputation of reliability.
- freitzkriesler2 3y agoI didn't nor do I use Upwork. I'm just saying what the reality is.
- bdcravens 3y agoIf you're in the US, restricting yourself to jobs where they are limiting to the US results lessens that problem (doesn't eliminate it - I suspect there's a ton of fronting accounts)
- csomar 3y agoI've tried it on the buyer side and anything less than $50/hour can't speak proper English. It's definitively cheaper but not significantly; and if you add the struggle of going through all the profiles, then the price will match reality.
- zo1 3y agoJust wait till chatGPT hides this telling input signal. I mourn for humanity.
- ransom1538 3y agoIf you are cool with $12 USD an hour: it is the place to be.
- bdcravens 3y agoYou can do "decent" rates in the US if you only look at gigs that are only looking at US contractors.
- jokethrowaway 3y agoUpwork can work for very niche things as a extra channel. I've seen it work for people selling packages of "I'll fork bitcoin for you for 2k". For normal contracts it's terrible. I started on freelancer websites when I was 15 and it was nice to bag 20$ per hour plus extra if I happened to be faster. But the more experienced you get the more you can charge and use your network instead of cheap jobs on Upwork.
- jalapenos 3y agoUpwork is masochism