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Ask HN: how to raise £600 by the end of the week freelancing?
Hi all! I'm in a bit of a pickle right now as a client has again delayed payment for work that occupied my last few months and my rent is due by Friday! I've tried vworker/freelancer.com but either the projects are too onerous for the pittance offered - or the work is too long term to help. Rather than the usual suspects for offshore dev shops, I'm hoping there's something I'm not aware of.
Do you know of anywhere a UK based developer can find quick projects to get this money together? I'm a very experienced PHP developer and I can design too.
Thanks!
- vellum 14y agoYou'd probably have more luck finding work at meetup. There's an HN Meetup in London tomorrow. http://bit.ly/YzG6eN http://bit.ly/YzG6eN
- clamattack 14y agoThat's not a bad idea but I'm based further north and getting to London would be too expensive for this month.
- xauronx 14y agoIt's Tuesday now. So you need $785usd by Friday... Hmm, I have a web application that needs work done but I'm not sure I have enough projects specc'd out to occupy that much time.
- clamattack 14y agoIf you like, my email is in my profile and we can talk it over? I am hesitant to use this as a plea for work off HN - don't want to abuse the community and all but I won't turn things away :)
- a3camero 14y agoI emailed tclamattack about this posting inquiring about him doing some work and he seems pretty on the level. To do some promotion for him, here's his company page: http://pitbot.net http://pitbot.net.
- nmridul 14y agoIt could be tough to get some tech gig within such a short time, that too for that much amount. I can think of only the following options. - Try to contact any training institutes near you where you could quickly give PHP lessons. - Try subletting your place and get some cash in hand. - At the same time, try to find some online work. - Find some part time work - non-tech related or even manual work. Wish you good luck
- adrianmsmith 14y agoCould you get a bank loan to cover it? You are a business, presumably with a track record of getting paid, so if you don't already have a loan, that could be a good option. Even the fact you haven't been paid for a while shouldn't create too much of a problem if you explain the situation (that you have been working), and e.g. produce a contract.
- shiftpgdn 14y agoDo you have a resume/portfolio?
- vellum 14y agoI just got done reading this thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4585435 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4585435 One of the things people suggested was contacting every web/dev shop around you. The good ones usually have more work than they can handle.