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Tectonic, I was an RoR freelancer for 2 years. Here are sites where I've found jobs: http://jobs.rubynow.com http://jobs.rubynow.com http://jobs.37signals.com
by nonrecursive 18y ago
Tectonic, I was an RoR freelancer for 2 years. Here are sites where I've found jobs:
http://jobs.rubynow.com http://jobs.rubynow.com
http://jobs.37signals.com http://jobs.37signals.com
http://bostonrb.org/jobs http://bostonrb.org/jobs
If you also just google "rails jobs" you'll find the other useful rails job sites out there.
The best way to find work, however, is to build your network. One of the best clients I had was referred to me by a fellow I happened to have lunch with when I was in NYC for a couple weeks. Another of my best clients was referred to me by a friend. Where are you located, btw?
Another way to find work is to find other web development companies and just email them asking if they need help. I've found work this way as well, and have had more success contacting local companies.
edit: One thing that helped a lot was I developed a rails tool (Palmist, http://www.flyingmachinestudios.com/projects/ http://www.flyingmachinestudios.com/projects/) , then I gave a presentation on it at the Boston ruby group. Since then, many interviewers have perked up when I mentioned it because they had either seen it or used it.
Hope this helps!
- pageman 18y agoMark Granovetter's Weak Tie in action! :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Granovetter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Granovetter
- catone 18y agoOn the rails job front, over at Rails Forum we also run a job board for rails positions @ http://www.railswork.com/ http://www.railswork.com/ I've actually seen a fairly steady number of job postings the past couple of months (it's always been a somewhat low volume jobs board -- 3-5 new posts per week, I'd guess -- but the volume hasn't dropped off).