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He mentioned Upwork. Personally, I feel like Upwork has a near monopoly on easy-to-access freelance work at this point. Except for jobs that you find from direc

by ilaksh 3y ago

He mentioned Upwork. Personally, I feel like Upwork has a near monopoly on easy-to-access freelance work at this point. Except for jobs that you find from direct acquaintances or friends or through fairly long involved searches. And I am probably more isolated than most, but I suspect that many people's networks get saturated pretty quickly with job requests when things are tight. I rely on Upwork when I run low on time to find the next gig quickly between work on my own startup. I believe that within a few years they may start going a little along the path of Stack Overflow. They will have a whole section of AI "staff" that are literally competing with the real people on the site for many types of jobs. This will enrage the current users even more than what has happened with Stack Overflow. But I don't think they really have a choice. They may already be working on it. If Upwork doesn't do it then there will likely be another site along those lines specializing in "AI employees".

nonethewiser 3y ago
Isn’t Upwork severely undercut by tons of people bidding from developing countries?
- ilaksh 3y ago
  Yes, it's extremely challenging for that reason. If you have another option please let me know. I just don't really have a network of people to ask and generally don't have time or know how to build one. So I would be happy for another site like Upwork without so much competition. Although I think if you are willing to work for relatively low rates like me, being in the US makes you stand out and possibly easier to get hired. Upwork does have an option to post jobs that only allow US contractors. And you can search for only those types of jobs if you are in the US. But often I take that off because it restricts the search quite a bit. I think the reality is that since more and more people are working remotely, it's a global talent pool and kind of a race to the bottom in terms of rates. I just wish that there was more competition in terms of sites like that.
jamviolinwave 3y ago
There's a startup in the UK who are working on AI employees called 11x.ai. I think they have a decent chance of owning at least part of that market.

by ilaksh 3y ago

nonethewiser 3y ago

Isn’t Upwork severely undercut by tons of people bidding from developing countries?

ilaksh 3y ago
Yes, it's extremely challenging for that reason. If you have another option please let me know. I just don't really have a network of people to ask and generally don't have time or know how to build one. So I would be happy for another site like Upwork without so much competition. Although I think if you are willing to work for relatively low rates like me, being in the US makes you stand out and possibly easier to get hired. Upwork does have an option to post jobs that only allow US contractors. And you can search for only those types of jobs if you are in the US. But often I take that off because it restricts the search quite a bit. I think the reality is that since more and more people are working remotely, it's a global talent pool and kind of a race to the bottom in terms of rates. I just wish that there was more competition in terms of sites like that.

jamviolinwave 3y ago

There's a startup in the UK who are working on AI employees called 11x.ai. I think they have a decent chance of owning at least part of that market.